Teachers' Views on Perceptions of Work-Family Enrichment

Abstract

Work-family enrichment is when the experience gained by the individual in one role increases the happiness and quality of life in the other role. The experience and knowledge gained by the individual in the business environment increases the performance and quality of life in the family environment, and the knowledge and experience gained in the family environment increases the performance and quality of life at work. The aim of this study is to determine the perception levels of teachers working in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education and to examine their perceptions of work-family enrichment in terms of various variables. Descriptive survey model, which is one of the quantitative research designs, was used as a method in the research. The study group consists of 320 teachers working in public schools in the 2021-2022 academic year. While determining the study group, simple random sampling was preferred. In the study, the "Work-Family Enrichment Scale" was used as a data collection tool. As a result of the research, it was seen that teachers' perceptions of work-family enrichment were at the level of "mostly agree". It was found that teachers' perceptions of work-family enrichment did not differ according to the variables of receiving awards, title, age, educational status, place of duty, school type, level of living on salary and type of faculty graduated in the last three years; It was determined that there was a significant difference between them according to the variables of gender, investigation, seniority, and reason for choosing teaching.