Combining teaching with another job: a possible resource to face professional challenges. Preliminary findings from a Swiss study in vocational education and training

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 5 Standardised path coefficients, significantly differentiated through combining teaching with another job—unconstrained model

Specific path	Teaching only			Combining teaching with another job			Wald test Chi square value	P
Specific path	Standardised estimate	SE	p	Standardised estimate	SE	p	Wald test Chi square value	P
School-related challenges →Job satisfaction	−0.385	0.045	P < 0.001	−0.121	0.089	n.s.	12.856	<0.001
School-related challenges →Work engagement	−0.306	0.050	P < 0.001	−0.200	0.068	.003	8.257	0.004
Difficulties balancing work and other activities →Confidence in facing professional challenges	−0.240	0.050	P < 0.001	0.019	0.076	n.s.	12.230	<0.001

Model fit information: χ²(173) = 519.521, p < 0.05; RMSEA = 0.057; CFI/TLI = 0.924/0.908; SRMR = 0.056. ** p < 0.001; * p < 0.05. N = 603. Unstandardised values. Job satisfaction R² = 0.30; Work engagement R² = 0.27; Sense of competence as teacher R² = 0.11; Sense of efficacy to face professional challenges R² = 0.15. For reasons of readability, correlations between threatening factors are not depicted in the figure