Relationship between workplace procrastination and illegitimate tasks in kindergarten teachers
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2023.12.012
- VernacularTitle:幼儿园教师的工作拖延与不合规任务的关系
- Author:
Xingyu LE
1
;
Lingfeng WANG
;
Jiameng YE
;
Luyi SUN
;
Siyue DONG
Author Information
1. 湖州师范学院教师教育学院,浙江湖州 313000
- Keywords:
kindergarten teachers;
illegitimate tasks;
work disengagement;
workplace procrastination;
co-worker support
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2023;37(12):1071-1077
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the relationship between workplace procrastination and illegitimate tasks in-kindergarten teachersand the role of work disengagement and coworker support in their relationship.Methods:A to-tal of 245 kindergarten teachers were selected from 3 cities in Zhejiang Province.They were assessed with the Workplace Procrastination Scale(WPS),Bern Illegitimate Tasks Scale(BITS),Work Disengagement Scale(WDS),Colleague Support Scale(CSS).The models were tested by using Process macro for SPSS,and non-para-metric percentile bootstrap method was used to analyze the mediating effect and moderating effect.Results:There were significant differences in the total scores of workplace procrastination among kindergarten teachers in different marital status,age,teaching age,education level,teaching gradeand kindergarten level(Ps＜0.05).Work disengage-ment played a significant mediating role between workplace procrastination and illegitimate tasks(indirect effect=0.26,95％CI:0.16-0.37).Coworker support played a significant moderating role in the impact of illegitimate tasks on work disengagement(simple slope=0.72,0.39;P＜0.001).Conclusion:It suggests that workplace pro-crastination is related to illegitimate tasksin kindergarten teachers.Work disengagement plays a mediating role in their relationship,and coworker support plays a moderating role in the first half of this mediating role.
