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ArticleScientific reports2025

Positive emotional demands and psychological distance between teachers and students affect teachers' work engagement in universities.

Jiuhua Zheng, Yuqing Geng, Siyue Wu, Juan Gao, Chengye Liu

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5 authors.

Jiuhua ZhengCollege of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Yuqing GengSchool of Business, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China. gengyq@sdju.edu.cn.
Siyue WuCollege of Economics and Management, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Juan GaoSchool of Business, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China.
Chengye LiuSchool of Business, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China.

Funding

Humanities and Social Science Youth foundation of Ministry of Education of China 18YJC880144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-quality higher education requires greater work engagement (WE) from university faculty. This paper uses the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model and Construal Level Theory (CLT) to investigate the influences of positive emotional demands (PED) and teacher-student psychological distance(T-SPD) on WE and the mediating role of emotional labor (EL). A questionnaire survey involving 316 Chinese college and university teachers was carried out to explore the impacts of these factors on teachers' WE. The findings showed that (1) PED and T-S PD all have a beneficial effect on WE; (2) PED had positive relationships with surface acting (SA), deep acting (DA), and naturally felt emotion (NFE); (3) T-SPD had negative correlation with SA and positive correlation with DA and NFE; (4) DA and NFE play a partial mediating role between PED, T-SPD, and WE, whereas SA does not mediate these relationships. These findings enrich the theoretical model of university teachers' WE and offer practical recommendations for enhancing WE among Chinese university educators.

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EmotionsFacultyStudentsWork EngagementAdultChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesUniversitiesYoung AdultConstrual level theoryEmotional laborJob demands-resourcesTeacher-student psychological distanceWork engagement

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PMID40118947
PMCPMC11928530

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