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Jalil Fathi

Jalil Fathi

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 4564
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Faculty: Faculty of Language and Literature
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Research

Title
Exploring a Structural Model of Teaching Enjoyment, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and Work Engagement
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
teacher self-efficacy, teaching enjoyment, work engagement, EFL teachers, CFA
Year
2022
Journal Frontiers in Psychology
DOI
Researchers Yan Xiao ، Jalil Fathi ، Farnoosh Mohammaddokht

Abstract

Due to the complexity of teaching, determining the variables influencing teachers’ work engagement is a rewarding research area. In line with this research agenda, the purpose of this study was to test a structural model of work engagement based on teacher selfefficacy and teaching enjoyment among English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers. For this purpose, 315 Iranian English instructors completed an online survey. Initially, the measurement models for the three latent variables were averred via conducting confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Following that, structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to test the hypothesized model. SEM results showed that both self-efficacy and teaching enjoyment were the significant predictors of teachers’ work engagement, although teacher self-efficacy was a stronger predictor than teaching enjoyment. The findings might have notable implications for English teachers.