{"id":425033,"date":"2026-08-21T00:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19631_item&#038;p=425033"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:16:56","slug":"nature-exposure-and-creativity-in-the-workplace-the-role-of-job-satisfaction","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/nature-exposure-and-creativity-in-the-workplace-the-role-of-job-satisfaction\/","title":{"rendered":"NATURE EXPOSURE AND CREATIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE: THE ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE AIMS OF THE PRESENT STUDY ARE TO INVESTIGATE THE LEVEL OF WORK ENGAGEMENT OF THE INCLUSIVE TEACHERS IN MACAU AND WHAT POTENTIAL FACTORS WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCREASE OF THEIR LEVEL OF WORK ENGAGEMENT. IN THIS RESEARCH, THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY DEVELOPED BY RYAN AND DECI IN 2000 WAS PARTIALLY EMPLOYED. I SUGGESTED THE INCLUSIVE TEACHERS\u2019 SELF-EFFICACY AND PERCEIVED AUTONOMY TO ACT AS THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES, WHILE PERCEIVED ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT WAS INVOLVED AS THE MEDIATING VARIABLE. QUANTITATIVE METHOD WAS APPLIED IN THIS STUDY BY USING AN ONLINE SELF-RESPONSE QUESTIONNAIRE (N= 150). THE STRATIFIED SAMPLING STRATEGY WAS APPLIED AS WELL IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE REPRESENTATIVENESS. NO GENDER DIFFERENCE OF WORK ENGAGEMENT LEVEL WAS FOUND AMONG MACAU INCLUSIVE TEACHERS. POSITIVE CORRELATIONS WERE FOUND AMONG ALL VARIABLES. BESIDES, PERCEIVED ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT WAS EXPRESSING POSITIVE MEDIATING EFFECTS ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT VARIABLES UNDER SOME SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EFFICACY TO USE INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONS AND EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WORK ENGAGEMENT; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED AUTONOMY AND COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL WORK ENGAGEMENT. THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NON-TERTIARY SCHOOLS AND INCLUSIVE TEACHERS CAN BE FOUND IN THIS STUDY. 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