Effects of Government Support, Organizational Support and Competency on Occupational Well-being Among Kindergarten Teachers: Mediating Effect of Occupational Identity

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed at exploring the effects of government support, organizational support, competency and occupational identity on occupational well-being among kindergarten teachers. Participants were 462 kindergarten teachers in Sichuan, Chongqing, Tibet, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hubei and Beijing who completed a set of questionnaires including kindergarten teachers' occupational well-being scale, kindergarten teachers' competency questionnaire, kindergarten teachers' occupational identity questionnaire, government support questionnaire and perceived organizational support questionnaire. The results showed that:(1) Government support, organizational support and competency as protective factors increased kindergarten teachers' occupational well-being. And the protective effect of organizational support is the biggest among these protective factors. (2) Occupational identity mediated the effects of government support, organizational support and competency on kindergarten teachers' occupational well-being. These results contribute not only to the development of JD-R model of occupational well-being, but also to the improvement of occupational well-being among kindergarten teachers.

Key words: occupational well-being, occupational identity, government support, organizational support, competency, kindergarten teacher

摘要： 为探索幼儿教师政府支持、组织支持、胜任力和职业认同对职业幸福感的影响，选取四川、重庆、西藏、贵州、江西、湖北和北京七地幼儿教师462名，用幼儿教师职业幸福感量表、幼儿教师胜任力问卷、幼儿教师职业认同问卷、政府支持问卷和组织支持感问卷进行调查。结果表明：（1）幼儿教师政府支持、组织支持和胜任力均是保护性因素，提升其职业幸福感。其中，组织支持影响最大。（2）幼儿教师职业认同在政府支持、组织支持和胜任力对职业幸福感的影响中起中介作用。上述研究结果发展了职业幸福感的JD-R模型，并对提升幼儿教师职业幸福感具有一定价值。

关键词: 职业幸福感, 职业认同, 政府支持, 组织支持, 胜任力, 幼儿教师

CLC Number:

G441

WANG Gang, FAN Yong, HUANG Xu, LIU Xianqiang, WANG Delin. Effects of Government Support, Organizational Support and Competency on Occupational Well-being Among Kindergarten Teachers: Mediating Effect of Occupational Identity[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2018, 16(6): 801-809.

王钢, 范勇, 黄旭, 刘先强, 王德林. 幼儿教师政府支持、组织支持和胜任力对职业幸福感的影响：职业认同的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2018, 16(6): 801-809.

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