School organizational climate and teachers’ job satisfaction: A cross-sectional study in the central region of Vietnam
Abstract
Tóm tắt
Article Details

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
References
Bakker, A. B., & Demerouti, E. (2007). The job demands‐resources model: State of the art. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 22(3), 309–328. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683940710733115
Blau, P. M. (1964). Exchange and power in social life. Wiley.
Bui, N. V., Nguyen, N. D., & Hasanuzzaman, T. (2021). The effects of psychological climate factors on job performance in joint-stock commercial banks in Viet Nam. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 8(4), 1021–1032. https://doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2021.vol8.no4.1021
Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Cohen, J., McCabe, L., Michelli, N. M., & Pickeral, T. (2009). School climate: Research, policy, practice, and teacher education. Teachers College Record, 111(1), 180–213.
Edmondson, A. C. (1999). Psychological safety and learning behavior in work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44(2), 350–383. https://doi.org/10.2307/2666999
Fang, J., & Qi, Z. (2023). The influence of school climate on teachers’ job satisfaction: The mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy. PLOS ONE, 18(10), e0287555. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287555
Fung, E. N., Cowden, R. G., Chen, Y., Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Bialowolski, P., Lee, M. T., McNeely, E., & VanderWeele, T. J. (2024). Prospective associations of multidimensional well-being with work distraction and job satisfaction: A two-wave study of US employees. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1326655. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1326655
Hoque, K. E., Wang, X., Qi, Y., & Norzan, N. (2023). The factors associated with teachers’ job satisfaction and their impacts on students’ achievement: A review (2010–2021). Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1), Article 177. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01645-7
Hoy, W. K., & Miskel, C. G. (2005). Educational administration: Theory, research, and practice (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
Hu, B., Park, K. H., & Xu, Z. (2024). The mediating effect of teachers’ collective innovativeness between school climate and job satisfaction. European Journal of Educational Research, 13(4), 1573–1585. https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.13.4.1573
Huynh, M. T. V., & Khau, H. A. (2024). Vietnamese primary school teachers’ job satisfaction. International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 7(6), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i06-31
Jing, X., & Aziz, N. A. A. (2023). A psychological study on school organizational climate in relation to teachers’ job satisfaction among primary school teachers in Northern Jiangsu, China. Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities, 6(9s2), 652–659.
Kouhsari, M., Huang, X., & Wang, C. (2024). The impact of school climate on teacher enthusiasm: The mediating effect of collective efficacy and teacher self-efficacy. Cambridge Journal of Education, 54(2), 143–163. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2023.2255565
Le, D. N. (2024). Teachers’ self-efficacy and job pressure in response to the general requirements in the new educational curriculum in Viet Nam. International Journal of Sociology of Education, 13(2), 120–138. https://doi.org/10.17583/rise.12782
Li, L., Kanchanapoom, K., Deeprasert, J., Duan, N., & Qi, Z. (2025). Unveiling the factors shaping teacher job performance: Exploring the interplay of personality traits, perceived organizational support, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction. BMC Psychology, 13(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-02324-1
Liu, Y., Li, Y., & Zhang, J. (2024). Effects of organizational climate on employee job satisfaction and psychological well-being: The role of technological influence in Chinese higher education. BMC Psychology, 12, Article 536. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01992-3
Loukas, A. (2007). What is school climate. Leadership Compass, 5(1), 1–3.
Ministry of Education and Training. (2018). General education curriculum (Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BGDDT). https://vbpl.vn/bogiaoducdaotao/Pages/vbpq-toanvan.aspx?ItemID=146721
Nguyen, H. T., Vu, N. T. T., Ha, X. V., Dinh, H. V. T., Truong, T. D., & Reynolds, B. L. (2025). Principal instructional leadership and its influence on teachers' professional development at Vietnamese primary schools. Education 3-13, 53(3), 408-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2195409
Nguyen, T. K. (2022). The effects of organizational climate on organizational commitment and perceived organizational performance: Viet Nam state-owned and non-state-owned organizations. Information Engineering Express, 8(2), 696. https://doi.org/10.52731/iee.v8.i2.696
Otrębski, W. (2022). The correlation between organizational (school) climate and teacher job satisfaction—The type of educational institution moderating role. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(11), 6520. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116520
Peña-Suárez, E., Muñiz, J., Campillo-Álvarez, Á., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., & García-Cueto, E. (2013). Assessing organizational climate: Psychometric properties of the CLIOR Scale. Psicothema, 25(1), 137–144. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2012.260
Pham, T. T. H., Nguyen, T. H., & Dau, M. L. (2026). Adaptation of the organizational climate scale among general education teachers in Viet Nam. Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.16.12.4778.2026 (in Vietnamese).
Phan, T. M. H., & Tran, H. T. D. N. (2021). Job satisfaction of school teachers. Journal of Psychology, 271(10), 32–47 (in Vietnamese).
Toropova, E., Myrberg, E., & Johansson, S. (2021). Teacher job satisfaction: The importance of school working conditions and teacher characteristics. Educational Review, 73(1), 71–97. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2019.1705247
Tran, N. T. (2018). Determinants of job satisfaction among teachers in Viet Nam. Journal of Education and Social Policy, 5(1), 65–76.
Tran, T. Q. N., & Le, T. N. A. (2025). Curriculum reform in Viet Nam: Teacher autonomy and the reality of its implementation in classrooms. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 24(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.24.1.1
Tran, T. T., Pham, T. T., & Le, T. (2024). Balancing quality and well-being: A study on the impact of quality assurance measures on burnout among EFL teachers in Viet Nam. Frontiers in Education, 9, Article 1403755. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1403755
Truong, T. D., Hallinger, P., & Sanga, K. (2017). Confucian values and school leadership in Viet Nam. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 45(1), 77–100. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143215607877
Tummers, L. G., & Bakker, A. B. (2021). Leadership and job demands–resources theory: A systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 722080. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.722080
Türker, Y., & Kahraman, Ü. (2021). School climate and self-efficacy as predictors of job satisfaction. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, 14(4), 548–569. https://doi.org/10.30831/akukeg.901457
Wei, Y. M., & Tong, X. (2020). Research on the influence of individual characteristics and school organizational climate on teacher turnover intention. Theory and Practice of Education, 16, 44–48.
Wartenberg, G., Aldrup, K., Grund, S., & Klusmann, U. (2023). Satisfied and high performing? A meta-analysis and systematic review of the correlates of teachers’ job satisfaction. Educational Psychology Review, 35, Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09831-4
Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Bialowolski, P., Leon, C., Koosed, T., & McNeely, E. (2020). Psychological climate for caring and work outcomes: A virtuous cycle. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7035. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197035
Xia, W., Fan, Y., Bai, J., Zhang, Q., & Wen, Y. (2024). The relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction of kindergarten teachers: A chain mediation model of occupational stress and emotional labor. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1373892. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1373892
Zhang, X., Zhao, C., Xu, Y., Liu, S., & Wu, Z. (2021). Kernel causality among teacher self-efficacy, job satisfaction, school climate, and workplace well-being and stress in TALIS. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 694961. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694961
Zulqarnain, B. I., Condori Ramos, S. P., & Ramírez Calderón, D. L. (2025). Organizational climate as a predictor of job satisfaction among the staff of educational institutions. Journal of Management and Business Education, 8(2), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2025.0013