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Title: 'A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats': The Role That Positive Workplace Practices and Teacher Well-Being Play in Foreign Language Teacher Emotions
Language: English
Authors: Pia Resnik (ORCID 0000-0003-0948-9546), Sharona Moskowitz (ORCID 0000-0002-5456-2186), Jean-Marc Dewaele (ORCID 0000-0001-8480-0977), Elouise Botes (ORCID 0000-0003-4952-8386)
Source: Modern Language Journal. 2026 110(1):335-352.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Welfare, Teacher Response, Teaching Conditions, Positive Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship, Educational Practices, Emotional Experience, School Role, Environmental Influences, Social Influences
Geographic Terms: Austria
DOI: 10.1111/modl.70049
ISSN: 0026-7902
1540-4781
Abstract: While the role of positive emotions and positive character traits in people's flourishing has been researched extensively in the context of foreign language (FL) learning and teaching, the role positive institutions play regarding teachers' well-being and their emotions experienced in the FL classroom has been largely neglected. With a Web survey, this study investigates the relationship between positive practices at work and well-being among 263 Austrian FL teachers, as well as the effect these positive variables have on FL teaching enjoyment (FLTE) and FL teaching anxiety (FLTA). Latent modeling indicated that positive school leadership and positive practices in school, more generally, were both positive predictors of teachers' well-being. The dignity and respect, support, caring, and inspiration experienced between all employees had a stronger effect on teacher well-being than school leadership though. Additionally, well-being positively predicted FLTE, and it negatively predicted FLTA. Neither school leadership nor positive practices in school directly predicted teachers' emotions in the FL class. Overall, this study shows that exploring teacher emotions holistically is just as important as research into learner emotions, and researching the interplay of the individual and institutional levels is particularly crucial to gain a nuanced understanding of the role of emotional contagion.
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