Purpose: Self-efficacy belief procures teachers to root for each other's development in some issues such as ameliorating new methods to conduct much more effective teaching. A school with a high level of self-efficacy teachers makes a great contribution in order to corroborate self-efficacy perceptions of students. When examining it on a model…

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of distributed leadership on the teachers' job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behaviour and commitment. To this aim, Distributed Leadership Inventory (Hulpia, Devos, & Rosseel 2009a), Job Satisfaction Scale (Andrews & Whitney 1976), Organizational Commitment Scale (Meyer &…

High levels of stress, anxiety, negative thoughts and emotions are being increasingly reported amongst university students and all impact negatively upon academic performance and student satisfaction. A cross-sectional design was adopted to explore how personality traits and attitudes relevant to wellbeing (i.e. mindfulness, positive and negative…

The Mathematics and Statistics Support Centre (MSSC) at Central Queensland University (CQU), which is part of the Academic Learning Centre (ALC), has been in operation since 1984 as the first MSSC in Australia. The Mathematics Learning Support (MLS) centres have spread to almost every university in Australia currently. The MSSC at CQU offers free…

Academic libraries are increasingly becoming affected by intrusive and disruptive technologies, changing user needs, and alternative information providers who offer similar services as the library. The dilemma of academic libraries is evident, based on the declining support from parent institutions and decreasing patronage. In the face of stiff…

Latinx college students face challenges regarding depression. The relationships between early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and attachment style on depression and relationship satisfaction were investigated among 236 Latinx college student participants. The Young Schema Questionnaire--Short Form (YSQ-S3) total score was utilized to identify overall…

Questions about purpose, life meaning, and life satisfaction drive central debates about what good education should look like in schools. This study compares adolescent purposes, life meaning, social support and life satisfaction in Singapore and Israel. Meaning in life refers to finding one's significance; purpose uses this significance in ways…

Increasing life satisfaction has become a quite topical subject today with the effect of positive psychology trend. Psychological studies try to determine the factors which are related to life satisfaction. This study aims to examine the effect of self-construal, hopeful thinking and problem solving on life satisfaction. To that end, multiple…

This correlational and causal-comparative study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and teacher practice. The participants (n = 73), non-tenured elementary teachers, were asked to complete the Genos Emotional Intelligence Inventory-full version to determine their emotional intelligence in the workplace. Additionally,…

The role that middle or high school administrators play in the job satisfaction of teachers has not sufficiently been studied. The purpose of this basic qualitative study, guided by Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory, was to understand the veteran teachers' perception of the role that school administrators play in their job satisfaction. The…

The purpose of the present study was to assess the explanatory power of certain institutional and teacher factors as predictors of job satisfaction of Saudi Arabian teachers at the elementary level. This study examined how these variables of administrative support, teacher evaluation, teacher autonomy, and teacher attitudes relate to job…

In the initial phase of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), schools were closed, forcing most students to stay home on school days. In this chaotic and stressful situation, facing a potential life-threatening disease, parents needed to handle their family life, their own work, in addition to being teachers of their children. This…

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to fundamental changes in Northern Cyprus much like all the other countries. Education is one of the sectors that has been affected intensely by the pandemic. This qualitative study aims to investigate parents' views about educational challenges, experiences, and responsibilities about their children's online learning…

Guided by the bright and dark side described in Self-Determination Theory, and following hierarchical and integrative conceptualisation of motivational climates, the primary objective of this research was to test the predictive relationships between pre-service teachers' perceptions of educator-created (dis-)empowering climates and need-based and…

Public school education faces a critical challenge as a growing number of teachers are choosing to leave the profession every year, leaving school districts struggling to recruit and retain qualified teachers. Existing literature reveals that negative school culture is a significant contributor to teachers' job dissatisfaction, which is among the…