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How social influences and work environment affect the overall experience of tefl teachers in China


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Correlations between the variables of the study

Variable Overall experience Expatriate community Language barrier Acceptance by locals Access to healthcare Social influences Work conditions Working hours Work environment
Overall experience 1.00 .52* .39* .18* .37* .51* .45* .47* .51*
Expatriate community 1.00 .43* .18* .49* .73* .50* .50* .55*
Language barrier 1.00 .26* .56* .83* .48* .43* .*50
Acceptance by locals 1.00 .24* .50* .28* .23* .29*
Access to healthcare 1.00 .77* .52* .51* .55*
Social influences 1.00 .62* .57* .65*
Work conditions 1.00 .63* .88*
Working hours 1.00 .91*
Work environment 1.00
* Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). For practical significance of the correlation, if correlation coefficient is <0.30: Weak correlation, 0.30-0.49: Moderate correlation, 0.50+: Strong correlation

Model fit information for the primary factor ordinal regression conducted

Model Fitting Information
Model -2 Log Likelihood Chi-Square df Sig.
Intercept only 420.24
Final 282.51 137.73 6 0.00*

Link function: Logit
Marked effects (*) are significant at p < .05

Tests of model effects and parameter estimates for the primary factors

Model Fitting Information
Model -2 Log Likelihood Chi-Square df Sig.
Intercept only 420.24
Final 267.42 152.82 11 0.00*

Link function: Logit
Marked effects (*) are significant at p < .05

Tests of model effects and parameter estimates for the secondary factors

Parameter Estimates
Parameter B Std. Error Wald Chi-Square Hypothesis Test
Exp(B) - Odds Ratio Lower 95% Wald Confidence Interval for Exp(B)
df Sig. Upper
Threshold [Overall experience=1.00] 10.81 1.58 46.61 1 0.00 2224.60 1104698.20
[Overall experience=2.00] 13.05 1.68 60.60 1 0.00 463320.00 17351.00 12372093.26
The presence of an expatriate community 0.81 0.32 6.58 1 0.01* 2.26 1.21 4.20
The potential influence of a language barrier 0.57 0.36 2.43 1 0.12 1.76 0.87 3.58
Acceptance by locals -0.00 0.24 0.00 1 0.99 1.00 0.62 1.59
Access to healthcare -0.50 0.30 2.83 1 0.09 0.61 0.34 1.09
Working hours -0.06 0.35 0.03 1 0.87 0.94 0.47 1.89
Work conditions 0.24 0.39 0.36 1 0.55 1.27 0.59 2.75
(Scale) 1a
Dependent Variable: Overall experience
Model: (threshold), expatriate community, language barrier, acceptance by locals, access to healthcare, working hours, work conditions
Fixed at the displayed value
Marked effects (*) are significant at p < .05