This research aims to investigate the relationship between distributed leadership in a school and teacher commitment, emphasising the mediating roles of teachers' workload stress and teacher well-being using the Teaching and Learning International Survey dataset 2018 with 47 regions. Structural equation modelling on pooled and separate country…

This study aims to examine how job resources, demands, and self-efficacy affect American STEM teachers' job satisfaction by analyzing the US TALIS 2018 data. Multiple regression and commonality analysis were used to analyze factors' significant contributions and their detailed real unique and common contributions to STEM teachers' job…

Purpose: The research aimed to examine the effects of school climate (school violence and community engagement) and resources (staff shortages and resource shortages) on job satisfaction mediated by the workload stress of school principals, using pooled data from 47 jurisdictions around the world. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed a…

In the first years of a teaching career, teachers experience high levels of distress, and the attrition rate appears to be high. Early-career teachers do not always feel well prepared for their job and feel insufficient support during their first experiences as a teacher. Induction programs, professional development, and school support could equip…

Several large-scale survey efforts have attempted to understand teachers' experiences in the early months of the pandemic. Our study complements this literature by providing direct evidence of teachers' work prior to and after the onset of COVID-19. We leverage unique longitudinal time use and affect data on 131 teachers from one district across…

The current study examines how teachers' professional wellbeing is affected by teacher-level and school-level factors using the TALIS 2018 data. Teacher-level factors consist of teachers' instructional practices and teachers' professional practices and school-level factors include school climate, school leadership styles and workload. The…

Background: In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a nationwide unplanned transition to distance learning. For teachers, these school closures resulted in a rapid, substantial transformation of their work. To date, however, almost all of the evidence surrounding the effects of COVID-19 on teachers has been collected retrospectively,…