Medijacijski učinak radne angažiranosti na povezanost ciljnih orijentacija i odanosti učitelja i nastavnika poslu

master's thesis

• Title (english): The mediating role of teacher work engagement on the correlation between their goal orientations and commitment
• Author: Mateja Pavlinovac
• Mentor: Aleksandra Huić (mentor)
• Committee member: Željka Kamenov (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Denis Bratko (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-10-07, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; School Psychology and the Psychology of Education

Abstract

Motivacija, unutarnje stanje koje potiče pojedinca na konkretna ponašanja, rano je prepoznata u aspektu rada i karijernog razvoja. U odgojno-obrazovnom kontekstu, jedan od ključnih kognitivnih čimbenika motivacije jesu ciljne orijentacije. One odražavaju razloge zbog kojih pojedinac pokušava savladati određeni zadatak. S obzirom na važne ishode koji uključuju i namjere i konkretna ponašanja, postoje naznake da su ciljne orijentacije povezane i sa stavovima prema radu, poput radne angažiranosti i odanosti poslu. Stoga je cilj ovog istraživanja ispitati povezanost ciljnih orijentacija i odanosti nastavnika te medijacijsku ulogu radne angažiranosti u toj povezanosti. U online istraživanju sudjelovalo je 299 učitelja i nastavnika zaposlenih u osnovnim i srednjim školama na području Republike Hrvatske. Utvrđena je očekivana pozitivna povezanost ciljne orijentacije ovladavanja i odanosti te negativna povezanost ciljne orijentacije izbjegavanja rada i odanosti. Učitelji i nastavnici koji imaju izraženije ciljeve ovladavanja, ali i oni koji imaju slabije izražene ciljeve izbjegavanja rada, iskazuju višu odanost. Važan je i nalaz potpunog medijacijskog efekta prema kojem se u podlozi tih povezanosti nalazi radna angažiranost. Implikacije rezultata ukazuju na važnost detaljnijeg istraživanja stavova učitelja i nastavnika prema radu kako bi bilo moguće raditi i na strategijama razvoja hrvatskoga odgojno-obrazovnog sustava te povećanju zadovoljstva odgojno-obrazovnih djelatnika.

Abstract (english)

Motivation, an inner state that incites an individual to specific behaviours, has been recognized early in the aspect of work and career development. In the educational context, achievement goal orientations are one of the key cognitive factors of motivation. They reflect the reasons why an individual is trying to succeed on a particular task. Given the important outcomes of beforementioned orientations that include both intentions and concrete behaviours, there are indications that goal orientations also affect attitudes toward work, such as work engagement and commitment. Therefore, the aim of this research is to examine the relationship between teachers' achievement goal orientations and teacher commitment, and the mediating role of work engagement on this association. 299 teachers employed in primary and secondary schools in the Republic of Croatia participated in an online study. The expected positive correlation between the mastery goal orientation and commitment and the negative correlation between the work avoidance goal and commitment were confirmed. Teachers who have more pronounced mastery goals, but also those with less pronounced work avoidance goals, show higher commitment. Furthermore, work engagement completely mediated the effects of mastery and work avoidance goals on teacher commitment. The implications of these results speak in favour of understanding the importance of more detailed research of teachers' attitudes towards work in order to be able to devise strategies to develop the Croatian educational system, and increase the satisfaction of teachers.

• Keywords: motivacija učitelja i nastavnika; ciljevi postignuća; odanost poslu; radna angažiranost
• Keywords (english): teacher motivation; achievement goal orientations; teacher commitment; work engagement
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:203308
• Study programme: Title: Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-10-13 12:18:25