Examining Teacher Self-Efficacy and Work Engagement Among Chinese School-Level EFL Teachers: The Mediating Roles of Teaching Anxiety and Enjoyment
The affective turn in language education has prompted increasing scholarly attention to teachers’ emotional experiences. While teacher self-efficacy has been recognized as a predictor of work engagement, the mediating roles of specific teaching emotions remain underexplored. Grounded in the “EMPATHICS” framework, this...