Effect of job satisfaction of technical teachers on work engagement using observed second order sem Dr. John E P North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh. johnprince73@gmail.com Online published on 7 December, 2021. Abstract Education is the spark of illumination of life. It assumes a prominent role in the lives of human beings by empowering them with various abilities, skills, and competencies that ensure enhanced quality of life. A teacher has to face enormous challenges and equally play different roles as a professional and as an administrator. Conventionally, a teacher brings subject expertise and knowledge of teaching methods to the classroom that is of absolute value to the learners/students. Higher/technical education is pivotal for developing a modern economy, building a dynamic society and promoting a right style of leadership. The predominant economic transformation, the ever changing needs of the society and the demand for the value-based right style of leadership expose a challenging role of higher education, where the sustainability based on the creation of dynamic knowledge-based economy, society, and governance. As can be noted from the records, that the educational sector in Arunachal Pradesh is growing and blooming in the recent past, that needs to be managed for real-time sustainability and competitive edge. Bakker et al., (2008), brought out that employees those who are engaged are more willing to travel the extra mile, in addition to being highly creative and productive. Also, work engagement strongly related to creativity and promote Transformational leadership – being able to coaching, stimulating and inspiring (Bakker et al., 2006). Work engagement, improved by stimulating jobs with much resources that results in positive organizational outcomes (Schaufeli, 2012). The present study has 304 participants, randomly selected from the technical institutes of Arunachal Pradesh to confirm the impact of Job satisfaction on Work engagement and to conceptualize a model using second order structural equation modeling (SEM), in finding the relation among the variables. Top Keywords Work engagement, Affective commitment, Transformational leadership, Job satisfaction. Top |