On Happiness in Teaching: An Ordered Logit Modeling Approach

Abstract

<jats:p>This study was conducted to explain the degree of happiness in teaching and determine its influencing socio-economic factors. Using a probabilistic sampling method, the study employed 127 junior and senior high school teachers as respondents. Primary data were collected through developed questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive measures and ordered logit modeling. Results showed that this study documented a statistically significant determinant of the feeling of happiness in teaching, namely: other sources of income, creative and enjoyable teaching experience, school compound, social relationship, and health condition. Having other sources of income has an inverse effect on the happiness of teachers, this might be due to additional responsibilities while serving the students. The study showed that teachers are more likely happy if they found their job as creative and enjoyable which positively influences their well-being and professional growth. There is also a higher chance of being happy if the school environment is conducive for learning and provides comfort to teachers. Furthermore, being socially oriented and the healthy teacher are productive and efficient in work which is more likely to be happy.</jats:p>

Economics of Happiness: A Social Study on Determinants of Well-Being among Employees in a State University

“…91, σ=1.45), challenging (μ=8.56, σ=1.46), enjoyable (μ=8.10, σ=1.75), logical (μ=8.20, σ=1.66) and rewarding (μ=7.62, σ=1.97). These results are parallel to Casinillo et al (2020), which investigates the experiences in teaching. Employees also said that their respective jobs and assignment matches their skills and degree finished (μ=8.33, σ=1.59).…”

“…The design used in this study was quantitative, that is, the descriptive-correlational design which will seek factors affecting VSU employees' happiness. The research design was based on the current paper by Casinillo et al (2020), which deals with econometric modeling. For data gathering, primary data on the demographic profile, level of happiness, and determinants were considered using developed questionnaires based on literature (Guazzelli & Zilli, 2016;Mertoğlu, 2018).…”

“…Economics of happiness does not replace income-based measure of a person's welfare but instead complement them with broader determinants to measure well-being (Graham 2004). The framework is grounded on different factors of happiness in the current papers by Casinillo et al (2020), Guazzelli andZilli (2016), andMertoğlu (2018), which is designed to investigate the implications of socio-economic factors and predictors on the feeling of happiness among employees. Figure 1 shows the conceptual framework of this study.…”

“…Both a momentary increase in happiness and long-term baseline happiness changes are linked with greater productivity (Proto, 2016). Various current studies show that income does not influence life satisfaction or happiness (Casinillo, 2020;Casinillo et al, 2020;Guazzelli & Zilli, 2016). That is, the positive effects of extra income on our quality of life are surprisingly little.…”

“…">IntroductionIn the study of De Stasio et al ( 2019), it is revealed that subjective happiness has shown a positive effect on the level of work engagement. Happiness in teaching is valuable in the learning environment and useful in imparting knowledge to students (Casinillo et al, 2020). According to Stutzer and Frey ( 2012), happiness research in economics gets reported subjective well-being as a substitute measure for individual welfare.…”