TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Spurned Help and Self-Esteem on Self-Protective Reactions of Primary School Teachers
AU - Wong, Kwok Sai
AU - Cheuk, Wai Hing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - This study examined (a) the extents to which primary school teachers experienced spurning of their help by peer teachers, (b) how spurned teachers reacted, and (c) how teachers’ self-esteem and importance attached to their teaching abilities influenced their reactions. Seven hundred eighty teachers in Guangzhou, China, responded to 3 waves of questionnaires assessing the variables under study. The results showed that the teachers experienced a moderate level of spurning, were seemingly threatened by the spurning, and reacted by disparaging the personal attributes of rejecting peers, with their self-esteem and importance attached to their teaching abilities exerting moderating effects.
AB - This study examined (a) the extents to which primary school teachers experienced spurning of their help by peer teachers, (b) how spurned teachers reacted, and (c) how teachers’ self-esteem and importance attached to their teaching abilities influenced their reactions. Seven hundred eighty teachers in Guangzhou, China, responded to 3 waves of questionnaires assessing the variables under study. The results showed that the teachers experienced a moderate level of spurning, were seemingly threatened by the spurning, and reacted by disparaging the personal attributes of rejecting peers, with their self-esteem and importance attached to their teaching abilities exerting moderating effects.
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U2 - 10.1080/01973533.2016.1245659
DO - 10.1080/01973533.2016.1245659
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84992695408
SN - 0197-3533
VL - 39
SP - 38
EP - 48
JO - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
JF - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
IS - 1
ER -