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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 1289-1309Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-012-0166-x
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Teacher motivation; Self-efficacy; Job stress; Commitment
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In this study, we examine the teaching-related stress, self-efficacy, and occupational commitment of preservice teachers from two culturally western and two culturally eastern countries. The sample included 1,187 participants from Canada (n = 379), England (n = 203), Hong Kong (n = 211), and Thailand (n = 394). Self-efficacy partially reduced (mediated) the effect of stress from student behavior and from workload on commitment in three of four contexts. Mediation tests with country as moderator revealed significant differences in the strength of the mediating effect across the four contexts. The results suggest that teachers' self-efficacy changes the way in which work stress influences the commitment to continue teaching, although cultural milieu influences the nature of the relationship according to context.
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