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“Thriving” or “Retreating”: A Qualitative Study on Chinese Rural Teachers’ Workload and Job Crafting Mechanism
Accepted date: 2023-03-06
Online published: 2023-08-28
Drawing upon the job demand-resource model, this study investigated rural teachers’ workload and job crafting mechanisms through interviewing 16 rural teachers in hard-to-staff schools in remote underdeveloped areas in China. The results indicated that rural teachers were confronted with challenges such as long working hours, teaching multiple subjects, out-of-field teaching and dealing with administrative works. Although rural teachers faced unique challenges, they could utilize different job crafting strategies in different conditions to redesign their jobs. The study has revealed the intricate nature of rural teachers’ workload and how rural teachers’ crafting strategies can change their jobs and lead to different outcomes.
Key words: rural teachers; work time; workload; job demand--resource model; job crafting
Qiong Li , Yiwen Lin , Qing Wang , Songli Wang . “Thriving” or “Retreating”: A Qualitative Study on Chinese Rural Teachers’ Workload and Job Crafting Mechanism[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences), 2023 , 41(9) : 38 -55 . DOI: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2023.09.003
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