Connection Between Teachers’ SEL and Job Satisfaction

ARTICLES

How I’ve Sustained a Long Teaching Career
Wysocki, Sarah (October 7, 2025)
Website. Edutopia (edutopia.org)
A veteran teacher shares three things she keeps in mind to avoid burnout and maintain her love for the profession.

Social and emotional learning and teachers
Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A. (2017).
Future of Children 27(1), 137-155 .
Research review. Examination of the critical role of teachers’ SEL and promising practices to provide them with targeted support.

An investigation of the relationship between job and life satisfaction among teachers
Demirel, Hüsne (2014).
Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 116, 4925-4931.
Empirical study. Discusses the impact of job satisfaction on teachers’ life satisfaction, with a focus on both external and internal factors.

The life satisfaction of teachers at work place, research of structural equation modelling regarding general and organized cynicism
Satilmis, A., Oznacar, B., Uzunboylu, H. and Yılmaz, E. (2017).
Quality & Quantity, 52, 1-10
Empirical study. Examines the impact of workplace-related factors on teachers’ all-round life satisfaction.

Teachers’ occupational attributes and their psychological wellbeing, job satisfaction, occupational self-concept and quitting intentions
McInerney, D.M., Korpershoek, H., Wang, H. and Morin, A.J.S. (2018).
Teaching and Teacher Education 71,145-158.
Empirical study. Examines connections between teachers’ psychological wellbeing, job satisfaction, occupational self-concept, and quitting intentions.

Relationships between Job Satisfaction, Motivation and Life Satisfaction in the Teachers: A Structural Equation Modeling Study
Sari, H. & Yetkiner, A. (2020)
International Journal of Progressive Education, 16 (3), 211-222.
A study exploring the effects of life satisfaction and job motivation to job satisfaction in the teachers, and examining mediating roles of job motivation between the other two variables.

The Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: An Empirical Study on Teachers
Aydıntan, B. & Koç, H. (2016)
International Journal of Business and Social Science, 7(10), 72-80.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction on 652 teachers in Ankara and Istanbul in Turkey. The study concluded  that job satisfaction of the teachers have a significant effect on their life satisfaction.

Teachers’ satisfaction with life, job satisfaction and their emotional intelligence
Ignat, A. A. & Clipa, O. (2012)
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 33 (2012) 498 – 502
The study is going to find out if the emotional intelligence is correlated with positive attitude towards work and with a general job satisfaction of the teachers. The study concluded that a good emotional intelligence of the teachers is correlated with a positive attitude toward work and with satisfaction with life and with work itself.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

Why Veteran Teachers Stay in the Profession: An Examination of Veteran Teacher Retention
Aguirre, Jeremy (2004).
Doctoral Dissertation. Southern New Hampshire University.
Study on why certain veteran teachers choose to stay in the profession while so many others do not.

Job Satisfaction of Teachers: What Factors Increase Satisfaction and Keep Teachers in the Classroom
Jones, Donald S. (2024).
Doctoral Dissertation. Concordia University .
Study on the impact of compensation, collegial relations, administrative support, and parent involvement on teacher satisfaction. To view full document, purchase required.

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