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Job Demands-Resources Profiles and Work Capabilities: Effects on Early Childhood Development Practitioners' Functioning

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Title: Job Demands-Resources Profiles and Work Capabilities: Effects on Early Childhood Development Practitioners' Functioning
Language: English
Authors: Suzette C. Ragadu (ORCID 0000-0001-6945-3305), Sebastiaan Rothmann (ORCID 0000-0001-6065-4338)
Source: Early Childhood Education Journal. 2026 54(2):999-1014.
Availability: Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Stress Variables, Intention, Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Work Attitudes
Geographic Terms: South Africa
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Utrecht Work Engagement Scale
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-025-01902-1
ISSN: 1082-3301
1573-1707
Abstract: This study examined the associations between early childhood development practitioners' job demands-resources profiles, work capabilities, engagement, and intentions to leave. A cross-sectional survey was administered to a convenience sample (N = 426) of early childhood development practitioners in two provinces in South Africa. The Job Demands-Resources Scale (Rothmann et al., A psychometric evaluation of the job demands-resources scale in South Africa. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 32(4):76-86, 2006. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC89107), Capability Set for Work Questionnaire (Abma et al., Scandinavian Journal Work, Environment and Health 42:34-42, 2016), Work Engagement Scale (Rautenbach and Rothmann, Journal of Psychology in Africa 27:303-309, 2017), and Intention to Leave Scale (Sjöberg and Sverke, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 41:247-252, 2000) were administered. Latent profile analyses resulted in four job demands-resources profiles: high demands-low resources (33.18%), moderate demands-high resources (17.17%), moderate demands-low job resources (30.39%), and moderate demands-moderate resources (19.3%). Early childhood practitioners who were in moderate demands-high resources (rather than high demands-low resources or moderate demands-low job resources) jobs and had a robust capability set showed high work engagement and low intentions to leave their jobs. Job demands-resources profiles indirectly affected early childhood development practitioners' work engagement and intentions to leave via their capability sets.
Abstractor: As Provided
Notes: https://doi.org/10.17632/sr9mbztwdb.1
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1507362
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This study examined the associations between early childhood development practitioners' job demands-resources profiles, work capabilities, engagement, and intentions to leave. A cross-sectional survey was administered to a convenience sample (N = 426) of early childhood development practitioners in two provinces in South Africa. The Job Demands-Resources Scale (Rothmann et al., A psychometric evaluation of the job demands-resources scale in South Africa. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 32(4):76-86, 2006. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC89107), Capability Set for Work Questionnaire (Abma et al., Scandinavian Journal Work, Environment and Health 42:34-42, 2016), Work Engagement Scale (Rautenbach and Rothmann, Journal of Psychology in Africa 27:303-309, 2017), and Intention to Leave Scale (Sjöberg and Sverke, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 41:247-252, 2000) were administered. Latent profile analyses resulted in four job demands-resources profiles: high demands-low resources (33.18%), moderate demands-high resources (17.17%), moderate demands-low job resources (30.39%), and moderate demands-moderate resources (19.3%). Early childhood practitioners who were in moderate demands-high resources (rather than high demands-low resources or moderate demands-low job resources) jobs and had a robust capability set showed high work engagement and low intentions to leave their jobs. Job demands-resources profiles indirectly affected early childhood development practitioners' work engagement and intentions to leave via their capability sets.
ISSN:1082-3301
1573-1707
DOI:10.1007/s10643-025-01902-1