This study explored the mechanism of labor market performance by confirming the role of secondary vocational education for young Korean employees of high school graduates. To this end, we focused on the Meister High School (MHS) policy for fostering the lead in secondary vocational education in Korea. In comparative perspective, data from 2,344…

This study examined public secondary schools teachers' tasks and their classroom job performance in Edo central school district, Nigeria. With a total of 252 research participants and two adapted instruments--Teachers' Task Questionnaire (TETAQ) and Teachers' Class Performance Questionnaire (TECLAPEQ)--the study attempted to find out how teachers'…

Burnout is a psychological phenomenon that is common among professions that have a high demand for empathy, such as those in the mental health field. School counselors are more at risk of feeling burnout than other professions because of numerous demands from the job, role conflict and ambiguity, large caseloads, and the amount of time spent on…

This study examined how high school course-taking patterns (i.e., career and technical education [CTE] vs. academic vs. no concentration), personal characteristics embedded in a social cognitive theory framework (e.g., self-efficacy, academic expectations), and contextual variables (e.g., parental expectations, socioeconomic status [SES]) interact…

There is a dearth of research that investigated how and the mechanism through which psychology safety perceptions and work engagement are related among employees in the education setting, especially in Africa. The present paper investigated how senior high school teachers' perception of their psychological safety in their schools predicted their…

This study attempted to investigate the factors affecting the organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of English teachers in Turkish state high schools within the framework of job satisfaction, emotional commitment, and demographic factors. The data, which were collected through a questionnaire given to 269 English teachers, were analyzed…

Limited empirical findings suggest that teacher victimization at school is highly prevalent, with detrimental negative impacts on victimized teachers. Given the scarce body of literature on teacher victimization, further research is necessary to investigate its extent, predictors, and negative consequences. The present research, using a…

Postsecondary and work success is central to the economic and social wellbeing of a country. Fundamentally, college success is measured by persistence to degree attainment. Analogously, work success refers to effective performance of a job's required tasks. To succeed in college, one must be ready for college. A student who is ready for college is…