AUTHOR=Yu Xiajun , Xiong Zihuan , Li Weijian , Zhang Hongwei , Li Xinwei , Xiao Weilong 

TITLE=Teacher professional identity on work engagement: the moderating roles of ego-resilience and perceived organizational support

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 16 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1657911

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1657911

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=IntroductionFew studies explored the effects of combining different resources on work behavior. This study tested the interaction effect of personal (i.e., ego-resilience) and organizational resources (i.e., perceived organizational support) in the relationship between teacher professional identity and work engagement.MethodsA total of 2,956 teachers took part in this study. Four scales measured the professional identity, ego-resilience, perceived organizational support, and work engagement.ResultsResults showed that: (1) teacher professional identity has significant correlations to ego-resilience (r = 0.49, p < 0.01), perceived organizational support (r = 0.50, p < 0.01), and work engagement (r = 0.64, p < 0.01); (2) when the scores of ego-resilience and perceived organizational support were both high, the predictive effect of teacher professional identity on work engagement was the biggest (B = 0.72, SE = 0.07, p = 0.000, 95% CI = 0.58 to 0.86).DiscussionEnhancing teachers’ ego-resilience and improving organizational support are of great significance for increasing teachers’ work engagement.