Educational Psychology

Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Teachers’ Vocation Duty Motivation

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Darioush Norouzi 1
Mohammad Reza Vahdani Asadi 2
Zahra Rouhani 3
ma'soumeh jamshidzadeh

1 Associat professor of Educational Technology in Islamic Azad University

2 phd of Educational Technology in Allameh Tabataba’i University

3 MA of managementAllameh Tabataba’i University

Abstract
The society development counts on the kinds of activities which perform in universities. Teachers play an important role in universities’ development and finally the society development. Studying teachers’ motivation, behavior causes, and efficient factors can affect performance improvement, and educational system development. The purpose of this research was to study the scale factor structure of teachers' vocation duty motivation. The study method was descriptive. The statistical population was 262 teachers in Islamic Azad University, Central Branch. The sampling method is random. The result of exploratory factor analysis showed all scale factors in the society studied and confirmatory factor analysis indicated data values. Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha showed that the validity of Motivation Scale of Teachers’ Vocation duty is acceptable. At last, the result showed that there was a positive relation between teachers’ vocation duty motivation factors and self-efficacy. There is a negative relation with job burnout. This study created new motivation concept and also its assessment tool in higher education system.

Keywords

Vocation duty motivation
Exploratory factor
Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Article View 4,356
PDF Download 15,166

Home

Indexing and Abstracting

Editorial Board

Submit Manuscript

Contact Us