Date of Publication

4-2013

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology

Subject Categories

Educational Psychology

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Melissa Lopez Reyes

Defense Panel Chair

Carlo P. Magno

Defense Panel Member

John Addy S. Garcia
Ma. Alicia-Bustos Orosa
Thelma R. Mingoa
Ma. Guadalupe C. Salanga

Abstract/Summary

Self-determination theory posits that job satisfaction is predicted by personal and social factors that serve as resources in the workplace (Deci et al., 2001). Teachers need to feel autonomous, competent and related. These needs are fulfilled from perceiving teachers autonomy, collective efficacy and supervisory support. As these needs are fulfilled, job satisfaction may result. Teachers as cognizing individuals rely on their belief in their capability to manage tasks and regulate the impact of personal and social factors in their workload, personal and social spheres of teaching. Social cognitive theory puts in self-efficacy at the center of a model whereby predictors influence an outcome. This study corroborated the model that teachers efficacy dimensions moderate the relationship of job satisfaction and autonomy, perceived collective efficacy and supervisory support. Utilizing scales measuring each of the five variables among 639 teachers in a hierarchical regression analyses, the study found that teachers autonomy, perceived collective efficacy and supervisory support predicted workload, personal and social job satisfaction. Furthermore, teachers efficacies in overcoming challenges and in gaining others trust and appreciation (Caprara et al., 2003) moderated between supervisory support and workload, personal and social job satisfaction. Specifically, supervisory support enhanced personal and social job satisfaction among highly efficacious teachers in overcoming challenges and among the less efficacious teachers in gaining others trust and appreciation. In vi contrast, supervisory support worsened workload job satisfaction among the highly efficacious teachers in gaining others trust and appreciation. Keywords: efficacy in the actual conduct of teaching, efficacy in overcoming challenges, efficacy in gaining others trust and appreciation, personal job satisfaction, social job satisfaction, workload job satisfaction

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

CDTG005466

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

180 leaves, 4 3/4 in.

Keywords

Self-efficacy; Teachers—Job satisfaction

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