Original scientific paper
Teachers' Well-Being: The Role of Calling and Organisational Support
Lana Jurčec
orcid.org/0000-0002-3603-0776
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Majda Rijavec
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb, Croatia
Tajana Ljubin Golub
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
The study focuses on understanding teachers' life satisfaction
within the framework of Work as a Calling Theory. It
investigated: a) the mediating role of living a calling and job
satisfaction in the relationship between perceiving a calling and
life satisfaction; b) the moderating role of organisational
support in the relationship between perceiving and living a
calling. Three hundred eighty classroom teachers (96% female,
with an average of 20 years of work experience) participated in
the study. A moderated serial mediation model was tested. The
results showed that both living a calling and job satisfaction
mediate between perceiving a calling and life satisfaction.
Perceiving a calling is positively related to living a calling, which
in turn leads to higher job satisfaction and consequently higher
life satisfaction. Also, perceiving a calling is positively related to
living a calling to a greater extent when organisational support
is provided. The results support the proposed model and have
implications for both theory and practice in the field of school
management and teachers' well-being.
Keywords
calling; job satisfaction; life satisfaction; organisational support; teachers
Hrčak ID:
347639
URI
Publication date:
9.2.2026.
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