Path Analysis of the Related Factors to Subjective Well-Being of Primary and Middle School Principals—Based on Job Demands-Resources Model

Abstract

Objective: The objective was to investigate path analysis of work-family conflict, job salary and promotion satisfaction, job burnout to subjective well-being of primary and middle school principals, and provide advices for enhancing their subjective well-being. Methods: Totally 300 primary and middle school principals in Chongqing completed the WFC, JSPSS, MBI-GS and GWB. Results: There were four significant paths: 1) work-family conflict could influence subjective wellbeing directly (β = −0.125, P < 0.05); 2) work-family conflict could influence subjective well-being through job burnout (indirect effect was −0.197, total effect was −0.322), job burnout partially mediated the relation between work-family conflict and subjective well-being; 3) job burnout could influence subjective well-being directly (β = −0.529, P < 0.001); 4) job salary and promotion satisfaction could influence subjective well-being through job burnout (indirect effect was 0.169) and reduced the burnouts' negative influence on subjective well-being, job burnout mediated the relation between job salary and promotion satisfaction and subjective well-being. Conclusion: We can enhance subjective well-being of primary and middle school principals through balancing work-family conflict, intervening job burnout, raising incomes, providing opportunities for career roles.

Guest editorial

“…Some believe the concept of well-being consists of interrelated components, such as burnout and work engagement (Nthebe et al , 2016; Schaufeli, 2003; Schaufeli and Salanova, 2007), life satisfaction, pleasant affect and/or unpleasant affect (Diener and Suh, 1999; Dodge et al , 2012). Some see well-being as concerned with individuals' quality of life (Hu et al , 2016; Rees et al , 2010; Stratham and Chase, 2010; Shin and Johnson, 1978; Yang et al , 2015; Zikmund, 2003), while some have expanded the concept by looking into its various dimensions, including physical, mental, emotional and cognitive aspects of a person's life (Pollock, 2016; Wang et al , 2018). Others have connected the notion of well-being to its social and philosophical ideals of hedonic and eudaimonic aspects of living well, thriving and flourishing (Cherkowski and Walker, 2016).…”