A longitudinal study of job crafting among Chinese inclusive education teachers: The influence of attitudes, perceived principal leadership, and motivation

  • Zhengli Xie
  • , Yuan Yao
  • , Xinhua Zhu (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate how teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education and perceived principals' leadership influence their job crafting, as well as the mediating role of work motivation in these relationships. A sample of 666 teachers from inclusive primary schools in Beijing, China, participated in the investigation twice within a six-month interval. The results showed that attitudes towards inclusive education positively predicted both controlled motivation and autonomous motivation; transformational leadership positively predicted autonomous motivation; autonomous motivation positively predicted job crafting. Furthermore, autonomous motivation fully mediated the positive influence of attitudes towards inclusive education and transformational leadership on job crafting.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105194
JournalTeaching and Teacher Education
Volume167
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Sept 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

  • Attitudes towards inclusive education
  • Inclusive education teachers
  • Job crafting
  • Perceived principal leadership
  • Work motivation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education

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