Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Psychology Department. Payam Noor. Tehran. Iran
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of job self-efficacy in the relationship between professional ethics, job enthusiasm, and job enrichment of teachers in Abadan city. The research was descriptive. The statistical population included all first and second secondary school teachers in Abadan city in 1402, 725 people. The sample size was selected by convenience sampling as 250 people. To collect data, the questionnaire of job self-efficacy of Shannon-Moran and Woolfolk, job enthusiasm of Salanova and Schoeffley, job enrichment of Hackman and Oldham, and professional ethics of Cadoisier were used. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and SPSS and AMOS version 24 software, and the findings showed that the model of the relationship between professional ethics, job enrichment, and job enthusiasm with the mediating role of job self-efficacy in teachers has a favorable fit (P<0.01). The standard and direct coefficients of job enrichment, job enthusiasm, and job self-efficacy were significant with professional ethics. Also, the standard and direct coefficients of job enrichment and job enthusiasm were significant with job self-efficacy. The results of the bootstrap test also showed that professional ethics has an indirect relationship with job enrichment through job self-efficacy, and the results showed that professional ethics has an indirect relationship with job self-efficacy through job self-efficacy, and the model had a good fit, and professional ethics, with the mediating role of job self-efficacy, explained a total of 71% of the variance in job enrichment and 89% of job enthusiasm.
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