Investigating the Influences of Job Demands and Job Resources on Teacher’s Job Stress and Job Satisfaction: Application of Latent Moderated Structural Equation Modeling

Abstract

Purpose: Based on the Job Demands-Resources theory, this study aimed to investigate how teachers'perceived job demands and job resources could predict teachers' job stress and job satisfaction. Methods: This study utilized TALIS 2018 Korean teacher survey data collected by the Organizationfor Economic Cooperation (OECD). A total sample size was 6,138. The latent moderated structuralequation model was applied as the main analysis technique to verify the individual effects andmoderating effects of job demands and job resources on job stress and job satisfaction. Results: First, the results showed that job demand predicts job stress positively and job satisfactionnegatively at a significant level. Second, job resources significantly and negatively predicted job stress. Third, job resources significantly and negatively moderated the relationship between job demands andjob stress. Fourth, through this moderating effect, the mediating effect from job demands to jobsatisfaction was also significantly and negatively moderated by job resources. Conclusion: This study provides a discussion of various policy implications as well as the theoreticalimplications in terms of job demands-resource theory.