Journal of Research in Educational Systems

Abstract Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of structural analysis of personality traits, organizational commitment and job motivation with the mediating role of self-control in teachers and principals of elementary schools for girls. Methods: This research, in terms of purpose, was applied; In terms of data collection method, was descriptive, of the survey type; and in terms of the nature of the data, was quantitative. Statistical population, have been including all teachers and principals of elementary schools for girls in the academic year 2022-2023 to the number of 369 people. The sampling method was multi-method sampling. The sample size, according to Krejcie and Morgan table (1970), there were 225 people. The data collection tool, was HEXACO Traits Personality (2013), Allen and Mayer organizational commitment questionnaire (1990), Herzberg job motivation questionnaire (2004) and Tangney, Baumeister & Boone self-control questionnaire (2004). To analyze the data, in addition to descriptive statistical techniques, the following inferential statistics techniques were used Step by Step Regression and Structural Equation Modeling. Findings: The research findings showed, relationship between personality traits, organizational commitment, job motivation and self-control of teachers and principals was positive and significant (P<0/01). Furthermore, the mediating role of self-control in the effect on personality traits, organizational commitment and job motivation of teachers and principals was confirmed. Conclusion: It is concluded that, to improve the professional performance of teachers and school administrators; the institution of education must take steps in order to strengthen personality traits and setting the stage for an organizational commitment and job motivation; and also optimizing self-control.

Abstract This research was conducted with the aim of mediating the role of job motivation in the relationship between stress coping strategies and social-emotional competence in primary teachers. The cross-sectional research method is correlational. The statistical population of the present study was made up of all the teachers who were teaching in the elementary school of Tehran in 1400-1401, and among them, 350 people were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. In this research, tools of coping strategies (Lazarus and Folkman, 1985), job motivation (Robinson, 2004) and social-emotional competence (Boyatzis, 2007) were used, all of which had acceptable validity and reliability. In order to analyze the data, SPSS-V23 and Lisrel-V7.8 software were used. In order to respond to the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used. The research findings showed that the model has a good fit. The results showed that strategies to deal with stress have a direct effect on teachers' social-emotional competencies (p<0.05). Strategies to deal with stress have an indirect effect on primary teachers' job motivation (p<0.05). Career motivation has an indirect effect on social-emotional competencies of elementary teachers (p<0.05). Also, the results showed that the indirect effect of stress coping strategies with social-emotional competencies through the mediation of job motivation in primary teachers was confirmed with 95% confidence. Therefore, paying attention to the mentioned variables helps researchers and therapists in prevention and designing more suitable treatments.
Key words: social-emotional competence, strategies to deal with stress, job motivation