The role of teachers' psychological capital in their work engagement

This study aims to reveal determine the role of teachers' psychological capital in their work engagement. The study is in a correlation model. Population of this study consists of 2900 teachers that was working at the Uşak Province at the educational year of 2022-2023 and study's sample is 314 teachers that were chosen by convenience sampling."Psychological Capital" and "Work Engagement Scale" are used to collect data in this study. According to the results of the study, teachers' are psychological capital very high and job engagement levels high. While the psychological capital and job engagement levels of the teachers do not differ according to the variables of gender, number of teachers and working time in the same school, they differ according to the variables of seniority and educational status. As the years of seniority of the teachers increased and their educational status increased, their psychological capital and job engagement levels were found to be higher. While teachers' psychological capital levels do not differ according to school level, their work engagement levels differ. The level of work engagement of primary school teachers is higher than that of secondary and high school teachers. In the study, there is a significant, positive, medium level of correlation between teachers' perceptions of psychological capital and work engagement in the school. On the other hand, while teachers' perceptions of optimism, trust and hope predict their work engagement; self-efficacy, extroversion and psychological strenght did not predict perceptions. Key Words: positive psychology, work dedication, work engagement