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The Influence of Career Adaptability on Career Calling and Health of Teachers

In: Health and Academic Achievement - New Findings

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  • Herring Shava
  • Willie Chinyamurindi

Abstract

The challenge of work often imposes a range of physical and mental health challenges to teachers. There is a need not only to find strategies that promote the health of teachers but also to assist teachers in their profession, albeit challenges that may exist. The chapter explains whether the presence of a career calling predicts employee mental and physical health. Focusing on a sample of teachers in rural high schools, the moderating effect of career adaptability on the relationship between the presence of a career calling and employee mental and physical health was investigated. Quantitative data were collected from a sample of 214 teachers through a self-administered questionnaire. Simple linear regression and hierarchical regression analysis were the statistical techniques performed to make meaning of the data. Simple linear regression results indicated that the presence of a career calling significantly influenced mental health but had no statistical significant influence on physical health. The hierarchical regression results revealed that career adaptability negatively influenced the relationship between the presence of a career calling and both aspects of health (mental and physical). Based on the findings, strategies are put in place that are three fold aimed at improving career development and health of teachers.

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  • Herring Shava & Willie Chinyamurindi, 2021. "The Influence of Career Adaptability on Career Calling and Health of Teachers," Chapters, in: Blandina Bernal-Morales (ed.), Health and Academic Achievement - New Findings, IntechOpen.
  • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:219006
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.93563
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    Keywords

    career adaptability; calling; mental health; physical health; teachers;
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    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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