Title: The mediating role of job engagement on the effect of public schools performance evaluation practices on teachers' job satisfaction

Authors: Metin Ocak; Hatun Aslan; Özgür Uğur Arıkan

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Toros University, Bahcelievler Campus, 33140 Mersin, Turkey ' Mersin Girls Anatolian Imam Hatip High School, Akdeniz/Mersin, Turkey ' Department of International Trade and Logistics, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Toros University, Bahcelievler Campus, 33140 Mersin, Turkey

Abstract: One of the most essential human resource management practices is performance evaluation. In this perspective, performance evaluations are notably more crucial in public schools, because teachers educate students who are forming the qualified human resources for the future. This study aims to reveal the mediating role of teachers' job engagement on the effect of schools' performance evaluation practices on teachers' job satisfaction in public schools. For this purpose, mediation analyses with traditional and modern approaches were conducted to cross-sectional data obtained from 516 teachers working in different public schools in the City of Mersin. Results of both used mediation analyses showed that performance evaluation practices in public schools have a positive effect on teachers' job satisfaction, and job engagement has a partial mediating role in this effect. All these findings were discussed in light of the literature, and suggestions are developed.

Keywords: performance evaluation; job engagement; job satisfaction; teachers.

DOI: 10.1504/MEJM.2024.137018

Middle East Journal of Management, 2024 Vol.11 No.2, pp.152 - 170

Received: 28 Aug 2022
Accepted: 21 Nov 2022
Published online: 01 Mar 2024 *

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