Psychological Empowerment in Relation to Self-Efficacy and Responsibility of Teachers at Secondary Level of Education
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https://doi.org/10.31305/rrjss.2026.v06.n01.026Keywords:
Psychological Empowerment, Teaching Self-Efficacy, Teachers’ Responsibility, Secondary EducationAbstract
Psychological empowerment is recognized as a vital intrinsic motivational factor that fosters teachers’ professional competence, commitment and effectiveness. In the context of secondary education, where teacher play a pivotal role in shaping learners’ future, psychological empowerment, self-efficacy and responsibility are considered essential attributes. The Present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship of psychological empowerment with self-efficacy and responsibility among secondary school teachers. The objectives were to examine the relationship between psychological empowerment and teaching self-efficacy, between psychological empowerment and Teachers’ responsibility, and to study the significant difference between high versus low psychological empowerment of teachers, to study the significant difference between high versus low self-efficacy of teachers and to study the significant difference between more and less teachers’ responsibility. Present study adopted descriptive survey method. Three tools were used mainly for data collection such as Psychological Empowerment scale by Spreitzer, 1995,Teaching Self-Efficacy scale by Tschannen-Moran & Hoy, 2001, and Teachers' Responsibility scale by Lauermann & Kara Benick, 2013.The findings revealed a significant positive correlation of psychological empowerment with teaching self-efficacy dimensions, Instructional strategies, Classroom management and Student engagement, dimensions of teaching self-efficacy and Organizational policies, Professional development and Socio-cultural factors, dimensions of teachers’ responsibility with psychological empowerment. Furthermore, psychological empowerment is significantly and positively associated with teaching self-efficacy and teachers ‘responsibility etc.
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