The effect of perceived school climate and teacher efficacy in behavior management on job satisfaction and burnout: A longitudinal study
Abstract This study investigated how perceived school climate affects teachers' job satisfaction and burnout and how self efficacy and collective efficacy in behavior management mediate the effect of perceived school climate on job satisfaction and burnout. The questions were answered using longitudinal questionnaire data collected from 642 Finnish lower secondary school teachers. A structural equation model revealed that school climate had a positive effect, partly mediated by self efficacy, on job satisfaction. Collective efficacy in student discipline did not explain either job satisfaction or burnout. Self efficacy in managing behavior had a positive effect on job satisfaction and a negative effect on burnout.