ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Teacher Professional Identity on Work Engagement: The Moderating Roles of Ego-resilience and Perceived Organizational Support
Provisionally accepted
- 1Huzhou University, Huzhou, China
- 2Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
- 3Dongfang Experimental School, Zhangdian, Zibo, China
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Few studies explored the effects of combining different resources on work behavior. This study tested the interaction effect of personal (i.e., ego-resilience) and organizational resources (i.e., perceived organizational support) in the relationship between teacher professional identity and work engagement. A total of 2,956 teachers took part in this study. Four scales measured the professional identity, ego-resilience, perceived organizational support, and work engagement. Results showed that: (1) teacher professional identity has significant correlations to ego-resilience (r=0.49, p< 0.01), perceived organizational support (r=0.50, p <0.01), and work engagement (r=0.64, p<0.01); (2) when the scores of ego-resilience and perceived organizational support were both high, the predictive effect of teacher professional identity on work engagement was the biggest (B=0.72, SE=0.07, p=.000, 95%CI=0.58 to 0.86). Enhancing teachers' ego-resilience and improving organizational support are of great significance for increasing teachers' work engagement.
Keywords: teacher professional identity, Ego-resilience, perceived organizational support, work engagement, Chinese teachers
Received: 02 Jul 2025; Accepted: 07 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Xinwei Li, lixinwei0417@126.com
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