The role of resilience and perseverance of effort among Chinese EFL teachers’ work engagement

Jingfeng Qu; Mingzhe Wang; Yihang Xin

The role of resilience and perseverance of effort among Chinese EFL teachers’ work engagement

Qu, Jingfeng ^[1] ; Wang, Mingzhe ^[2] ; Xin, Yihang ^[3]
1. [1] Henan University
  
  Henan University
  
  China
2. [2] University of Auckland
  
  University of Auckland
  
  Nueva Zelanda
3. [3] Lancaster University
  
  Lancaster University
  
  Lancaster, Reino Unido
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Localización: Porta Linguarum: revista internacional de didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras, ISSN 1697-7467, Nº. 43, 2025, págs. 11-28
Idioma: inglés
DOI: 10.30827/portalin.vi43.28309
Títulos paralelos:
- El papel de la resiliencia y la perseverancia del esfuerzo en la implicación laboral de los profesores chinos de inglés como lengua extranjera (ILE)
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- español
  La inversión laboral de los profesores se relaciona con resultados positivos en su bienestar laboral. Se ha prestado atención a los predictores de este concepto, considerando su importancia en el ámbito académico. Por ello, este estudio busca examinar los predictores de la inversión laboral en profesores de inglés como lengua extranjera (EFL), teniendo en cuenta su perseverancia y resiliencia. Participaron en el estudio 537 profesores chinos de EFL de diferentes colegios. Se encontró una asociación significativa y directa entre la inversión laboral, la resiliencia y la perseverancia, siendo la resiliencia el mejor predictor. De hecho, los valores indican que alrededor del 76% de los cambios en la inversión laboral pueden ser predichos por la resiliencia, y aproximadamente el 66% por la perseverancia. Los resultados del estudio ofrecen recomendaciones para el desarrollo de la Psicología Positiva y aspectos relacionados, con el objetivo de ayudar a profesores y estudiantes a mejorar su inversión laboral al enfocarse en su resiliencia y perseverancia.
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  Teachers’ work engagement is associated with constructive results concerning work-associated well-being. Regarding the substantial power of teachers’ work engagement in academic domains, consideration has been paid to scrutinizing the predictors of this concept. Therefore, this paper makes an effort to examine the predictors of work engagement among English as foreign language (EFL) teachers by checking a model that takes into account their perseverance of effort, and resilience. To this end, 537 Chinese EFL teachers from diverse colleges participated in the study. A significant and direct association between work engagement and resilience along with perseverance was identified, with resilience serving as the best predictor for teachers' work engagement. Indeed, the values indicate that about 76 percent of changes in their work engagement can be predicted by their resilience; about 66 percent of changes in their work engagement can be predicted by their perseverance. Results from the study evince recommendations for the development of Positive Psychology and related issues in research and practice to help teachers and learners improve their work engagement by focusing on their resilience and perseverance of effort.
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