Innovation in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

Innovation in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

The role of cultural capital in work engagement mediated by social responsibility in teachers: A structural analysis

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor , Department of Physical Education,Nourabad Mamasani Branch , Islamic Azad University, Nourabad Mamasani , Iran
2 Department of Physical Education, No. M.C, Education Department, Nourabad Mamasani,iran
10.22034/jitle.2026.570390.1057
Abstract
The main objective of this study was to investigate the role of cultural capital in work engagement mediated by social responsibility among high school teachers in Noorabad Mamasani city. The present research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this study was 613 high school teachers in Noorabad Mamasani city in the academic year 2023-2024. Morgan table was used to determine the sample size and 254 people were considered as the statistical sample size. The sampling method was stratified random. To collect information, Carroll's Employee Responsibility Questionnaire (1991), Schoeffly and Salanova's Job Engagement Questionnaire (2001) and Bourdieu's Cultural Capital Questionnaire (1977) were used. Correlation, regression and structural equation methods based on SPSS27 and PLS3 software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that cultural capital has a positive and significant role in work engagement mediated by social responsibility in teachers. There is a positive and significant relationship between cultural capital and its components and teachers' work enthusiasm and social responsibility. There is a positive and significant relationship between social responsibility and its components and teachers' work enthusiasm. Cultural capital has the ability to predict teachers' work enthusiasm. Cultural capital also has the ability to predict teachers'
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