The Effects of Workplace Spirituality and Teacherʹʹs Self-Efficacy Beliefs on his/her Job Satisfaction

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of spirituality at workplace and teacherʹs self-efficacy on her/his job satisfaction. A sample of 366 teachers who were selected by the clustering random sampling method completed the following questionnaires: TEBS-SELF, Teacherʹs job satisfaction, Workplace spirituality. Data were analyzed using the LISREL Software and the path analytic method. Results showed the effects of Workplace spirituality and teacherʹs self-efficacy beliefs on his/her job satisfaction (P < .001). In addition, workplace spirituality has a significant and positive indirect effect on teacherʹs job satisfaction through teacherʹs self-efficacy beliefs (P < .05). In sum, the analytic model explained .70 of the teacher’s job satisfaction. The findings of this study suggest that creating spirituality at workplace, and institutionalizing spiritual values in teacherʹs profession and work can have many benefits such as enhance teacherʹs effectiveness in classroom by fostering and strengthening his/her self-efficacy beliefs, and as a result the greater satisfaction of the teacher of his/her profession.