Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6851078 | Teaching and Teacher Education | 2015 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
In the present study, we investigate whether perceived satisfaction of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness in teachers' working environment at school predicts their work-related learning goal orientation. Structural equation modeling was used to test this hypothesis (NÂ =Â 334 German teachers). The expected relationship between perceived need satisfaction and teachers' work-related learning goal orientation could be shown and was not mediated by teachers' intrinsic work motivation. These results give room for speculation on new ways to foster teachers' work-related learning goal orientation via workplace modifications which address teachers' basic psychological needs.
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Authors
Stefan Janke, Sebastian Nitsche, Oliver Dickhäuser,