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The impact of work values on the professional development of primary and secondary school teachers: a moderated mediation model

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Feng, Guoyan, Shi, Keke, Huang, Qiyong, Ma, Jingling·2024·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0310078PMC PMC11542874
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This study explored the relationship between work values and primary and secondary school teachers’ professional development, as well as the mediating role of work engagement and the moderating role of perceived organizational support. Eight hundred and seventy-three primary and secondary school teachers were recruited at random to complete work values scale, work engagement scale, perceived organizational support scale, and professional development of primary and secondary schools teachers scale. The results revealed that work values positively predicted professional development; work engagement partially mediated the relationship between work values and professional development, and with the mediating effect accounted for 54.62% of the total effect; perceived organizational support regulated the direct path and the first half path of this mediation process. This study empirically clarified why (through work engagement) and when (perceived organizational support) work values were positively related to professional development among primary and secondary school teachers’ in China, contributing to the existing work values and teachers’ professional development literature. Future research could be encouraged to extend the findings by integrating theory of internal motivation with organizational support theory toward deepening current understanding of how and when work values can contribute to a teacher’s professional development.

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  • Work engagement plays a significant mediating role between work values and teacher wellbeing.

    “Research on primary and secondary school teachers has also found that work engagement plays a significant mediating role between work values and teacher wellbeing (Shao et al., 2025; Feng et al., 2024)”

    From Teaching beliefs and wellbeing among primary school teachers: a moderated mediation of work engagement and career adaptability (2026) · cites this paper as Feng et al., 2024

    The Results (Mediating effect of work engagement test; page unavailable) find a significant mediating effect of work engagement between work values and teachers’ perceived professional development. The Discussion likewise identifies professional development—not teacher wellbeing—as the outcome, so the cited paper does not support that part of the claim. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Feng, G., Shi, K., Huang, Q., & Ma, J.
Affiliations
Guangzhou Xinhua University (CN)
Corresponding author
Shi, Keke
ORCID
Venue
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2024-11-07
Volume
19
Issue
11
Pages
e0310078
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0310078
PMC
PMC11542874
OpenAlex
W4404134688
Cited by
6
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 2
FWCI
7.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Educational Science Planning Project (2022GXJK383)
  • Guangdong Province Undergraduate College Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform Project (2022J013/2022J038/Guangdong Education Gao Han〔2023〕No. 4)
  • Guangdong Sports Bureau Project (GDSS2022N143)
  • Guangdong Higher Education Association Private higher education Professional Committee (2022MBGJ073)
  • Guangzhou Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (2021GZGJ164)
  • Guangzhou Municipal Research Collaborative Innovation Projects (2020KYYB07)
  • Guangzhou Xinhua University College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project (s202313902015/s202213902013)
  • Dongguang Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (2024CG85)
  • Major Program of National Fund of Philosophy and Social Science of China (GD21YJY04)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Education › School Leadership and Teacher Performance
Keywords
work values, teacher professional development, work engagement, perceived organizational support, primary school teachers, secondary school teachers, moderated mediation, intrinsic motivation, organizational support theory, China
MeSH terms
School Teachers, Work Engagement, Adult, China, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools

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