Institute of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
School of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
Work. 2024;79(3):1133-1146. doi: 10.3233/WOR-230151.
COVID-19 poses great challenges for preschool teachers in China, which will increase the level of job stress and job burnout, and have an impact on the relationship between job stress, job burnout, and perceived organizational support (POS). However, few studies have examined trilateral relationships, especially the role of POS concerning job stress and job burnout of preschool teachers.
This study aimed to investigate the relationship among the three variables of job burnout, job stress, and POS, as well as explore the moderating effects of POS between job stress and job burnout.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among preschool teachers in six provinces of China. A total of 408 preschool teachers completed a self-report questionnaire, including three scales that measured job burnout, job stress, and POS respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to examine the relationship among variables.
The results showed that job burnout among Chinese preschool teachers was at a medium level during the COVID-19 pandemic. Job stress was positively related to job burnout, and the POS was negatively related to job burnout. Additionally, POS moderated the relationship between job stress and job burnout and alleviated the adverse effects of job stress on the job burnout of preschool teachers.
POS can play a moderating role between job stress and job burnout of Chinese preschool teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 给中国的学前教育工作者带来了巨大的挑战，这将增加他们的工作压力和职业倦怠水平，并对工作压力、职业倦怠和感知组织支持（POS）之间的关系产生影响。然而，很少有研究探讨三方关系，特别是 POS 对学前教育工作者工作压力和职业倦怠的作用。
本研究旨在探讨职业倦怠、工作压力和 POS 这三个变量之间的关系，并探讨 POS 在工作压力和职业倦怠之间的调节作用。
在中国六个省进行了一项横断面研究。共有 408 名学前教育工作者完成了一份自我报告问卷，其中包括分别测量职业倦怠、工作压力和 POS 的三个量表。采用 Pearson 相关系数和回归分析来检验变量之间的关系。
研究结果表明，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，中国学前教育工作者的职业倦怠处于中等水平。工作压力与职业倦怠呈正相关，POS 与职业倦怠呈负相关。此外，POS 调节了工作压力和职业倦怠之间的关系，减轻了工作压力对学前教育工作者职业倦怠的不利影响。
POS 可以在 COVID-19 大流行期间调节中国学前教育工作者的工作压力和职业倦怠之间的关系。
