Kontze, Maria Ioanna (2024) The Path From Induction To Job Satisfaction. Master thesis, Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
This study delves into the dynamics of early-career primary school teachers' job satisfaction by examining the relationship between principal leadership, collegial support, and their perceived quality and frequency. The focus is on primary school level and based on a sample of 1071 teachers from French-speaking Belgium with less than 5 years of experience. We investigate how these factors contribute to the overall satisfaction of teachers’ induction. Our research questions probe the association between the frequency and quality of support from colleagues and job satisfaction, as well as the extent of principal leadership's influence on both aspects of collegial support and their subsequent impact on job satisfaction. Our findings show that the latter is slightly more strongly predicted by the quality rather than the frequency of support from colleagues. Additionally, we discovered that principal leadership positively affects both the frequency and quality of support from colleagues. Finally, according to the analysis, we concluded that job satisfaction is positively influenced by both the frequency and quality of support from colleagues, as well as by the presence of strong principal leadership. These findings underscore the importance of supportive school environments during the induction process and effective leadership in fostering job satisfaction among early-career teachers.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Coppe, T. |
| Degree programme: | Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Master Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2024 07:14 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2024 07:14 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3568 |
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