The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship Between Work Engagement and Individual Work Performance Among Public School Teachers
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https://doi.org/10.54536/ajmri.v1i5.882Keywords:
Educational Management, Individual Work Performance, Job Satisfaction, Mediating Effect, Philippines, Public School Teachers, Work EngagementAbstract
The purpose of the study is to examine the mediation effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between work engagement and individual work performance. The data collected used a survey questionnaire on a sample of 311 public school teachers in the North and South Districts of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur. The researcher administered questionnaires using a 5-point Likert scale. In the statistical analysis, job satisfaction was the mediating variable, work engagement was identified as the independent variable, and individual work performance was the dependent variable. Path Analysis was used to establish the relationships among the variables. Results showed that work engagement and individual work performance are positively correlated, and the connection is significant. Similarly, work engagement and job satisfaction have a positive causal relationship, and the association is also significant. Likewise, job satisfaction and individual work performance also have a significant relationship and are positively correlated. Findings also revealed that job satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between work engagement and individual work performance. Such that 48.8% of the overall influence of work engagement on individual work performance appears to be mediated by job satisfaction. The remaining 51.2% seems to be either direct or mediated by factors not included in the model.
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