TEACHERS' SELF EFFICACY BELIEFS AS DETERMINANTS OF JOB SATISFACTION AND STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A STUDY AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL
Abstract Teachers' self efficacy beliefs were examined as determinants of their job satisfaction and students' academic achievement. Over 2000 teachers in 75 Italian junior high schools were administered self report questionnaires to assess self efficacy beliefs and their job satisfaction Students' average final grades at the end of junior high school were collected in two subsequent scholastic years. Structural equation modeling analyses corroborated a conceptual model in which teachers' personal efficacy beliefs affected their job satisfaction and students' academic achievement, controlling for previous levels of achievement.