JER
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026): October - March

Empowerment, Self-Efficacy, and Teacher Performance: The Mediating Role of Employee Engagement in Foundation-Based Private Schools in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Yopita Yopita (Universitas Widya Dharma Pontianak, Indonesia)
Sunardi Ginting (Universitas Widya Dharma Pontianak, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Apr 2026

Abstract

Teacher performance is a cornerstone of educational quality, yet the mechanisms driving it in foundation-based private schools remain insufficiently understood. This study examined the effects of empowerment and self-efficacy on teacher performance, mediated by employee engagement, among 94 teachers in schools under Yayasan Amkur, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Grounded in the Job Demands-Resources model and Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory, seven hypotheses were tested using PLS-SEM via WarpPLS 7.0. All hypotheses were supported. Empowerment and self-efficacy positively predicted employee engagement, with empowerment as the stronger predictor. Both independently influenced teacher performance, with self-efficacy exerting a stronger direct effect. Employee engagement was the dominant predictor of teacher performance and partially mediated both upstream relationships. The model explained 88.3% and 87.4% of variance in engagement and performance respectively. These findings extend the JD-R framework to Indonesian foundation-based schools and highlight employee engagement as the central mechanism converting organizational and personal resources into superior teacher performance.

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JER

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JER

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Humanities Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Jurnal Economic Resource_(JER) is open access. This journal is published in _ March & September. Journal of Economic Resources|e-ISSN 2620-6196] is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year (March & September) by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Muslim Indonesia_UMI. Journal ...