Occupational well-being among aging teachers in Finland.
Abstract
This article presents an examination of occupational well‐being among teachers in Finland who are over 45‐years of age (n = 1012). Occupational well‐being was described by affective (job anxiety and depression, burnout), behavioral (job competence and aspiration) and health (psychosomatic Symptoms and work ability) components. The structure of well‐being turned out to be two‐dimensional, consisting of affect‐health and behavior dimensions. The level of well‐being among aging teachers was quite high, although 36% of the teachers had Problems of well‐being related to both ajfect‐health and behavior. However, according to the work ability index, only 4% of the 45‐49‐year‐old and 12% of the 55‐59‐year‐old teachers were classified as having poor work ability. Of the demographic variables examined (sex, age, subject and teaching level) the most Variation in occupational well‐being was produced by subject and teaching level. The level of well‐being was lowest among vocational subject teachers in vocational schools and highest among Special dass teachers in comprehensive schools. Attention should thus be directed to the work Situation of vocational teachers, in particular.
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The majority of teachers are engaged about their work.
“However, we have to be aware that the majority of teachers are engaged about their work (Kinnunen et al., 1994).”
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- Authors
- Kinnunen, U., Parkatti, T., & Rasku, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
- ORCID
- Kinnunen, Ulla
- Venue
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1994-01
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 315-332
- ISSN
- 0031-3831 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-1170
- OpenAlex
- W1988016238
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 23 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 4.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Professional Development and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- employee well-being, older teachers, burnout, workplace anxiety, depression, job competence, work ability, psychosomatic symptoms, vocational education teachers, special class teachers, teaching level, subject differences, Finland
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