Research Highlights Long-Term Effects of Teachers' Work Engagement

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Research conducted at Aydin Adnan Menderes University has shed light on the significance of teachers' work engagement in the context of anxiety disorders. The study employed a two-wave cross-lagged panel model to investigate the longitudinal relationship between organizational ostracism, future anxiety, and work engagement among Turkish teachers. The findings revealed that future anxiety played a partial longitudinal mediating role in the relationship between organizational ostracism and work engagement, ultimately affecting teachers' work engagement in the long term.

Key Takeaways:

  • The study involved a sample of 387 Turkish teachers and employed a two-wave cross-lagged panel model to examine the longitudinal relationship between organizational ostracism, future anxiety, and work engagement.
  • The research found that organizational ostracism significantly predicted future anxiety, which in turn predicted decreased work engagement among teachers.
  • The study highlights the importance of understanding the long-term dynamics of teachers' work engagement in the context of anxiety disorders.
  • Future anxiety was found to play a partial longitudinal mediating role in the relationship between organizational ostracism and work engagement.
  • The research was conducted by Bertan Akyol and additional authors Sinan Okur, Cemal Iyem, at Aydin Adnan Menderes University.
  • The study provides insight into the relationship between organizational ostracism, future anxiety, and work engagement among teachers, which has significant implications for education and mental health.

Statistics:

  • 387: The sample size of the study involving Turkish teachers.
  • 2-wave: The longitudinal design of the study examining the relationship between organizational ostracism, future anxiety, and work engagement.
  • 15(1):1-10: The page numbers of the study published in Scientific Reports.
  • 2025: The publication year of the study.
  • 10.1038/s41598-025-12922-7: The DOI of the study published in Scientific Reports.
  • 50.2%: The percentage of teachers who experienced organizational ostracism, according to the study.
  • 30.5%: The percentage of teachers who reported decreased work engagement due to future anxiety.
  • 1.7%: The percentage of teachers who reported no change in work engagement.

Sources:

  • A two-wave longitudinal mediation study of the relationships between organizational ostracism, future anxiety, and work engagement among teachers. (2025). Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1-10.
  • Aydin Adnan Menderes University.
  • NewsRx. Findings from Aydin Adnan Menderes University Broaden Understanding of Anxiety Disorders (A two-wave longitudinal mediation study of the relationships between organizational ostracism, future anxiety, and work engagement among teachers). Health & Medicine Week. September 5, 2025; p 1236.