The Mediating Role of Workplace Happiness on Teachers’ Innovative Behavior and Affective Commitment for Malaysian Secondary Schools: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey

Abdul Ghani Kanesan Abdullah; Ying-Leh Ling

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The Mediating Role of Workplace Happiness on Teachers’ Innovative Behavior and Affective Commitment for Malaysian Secondary Schools: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey

Abdul Ghani Kanesan Abdullah, Ying-Leh Ling

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating effects of workplace happiness on the relationship between school culture, affective commitment, and teachers’ innovative behavior. The study also examines the correlation between all the variables. The study sample consists of 835 teachers from 167 secondary schools in Northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Based on the results of the data analysis, it can be concluded that all the variables are inter-correlate positively. Meanwhile, workplace happiness has found a full mediation effect on school culture and innovative behavior. On the other hand, workplace happiness also act as a partial mediator in the relationship between school culture and affective commitment. Findings suggest that the education organizations should pay more attention on teachers’ psychological aspect such as happiness in the workplace in order to generate better quality of teachers’ innovative behavior and sustain the teachers’ commitment especially in human capital formation work.

Published in	Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.tecs.20160101.12
Page(s)	15-19
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Workplace Happiness, Teachers’ Innovative Behavior, Affective Commitment, Secondary School

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School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Ying-Leh Ling

School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

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