AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED SATISFACTION ON THE CULTIVATION OF STUDENTS’ CRAFTSMANSHIP SPIRIT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATORS
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Purpose: Based on the strategic demand for new types of workers resulting from new quality productivity, this study addresses the current practical bottlenecks in the cultivation of craftsmanship spirit caused by an emphasis on external factors while neglecting the psychological aspects. By utilizing Self-Determination Theory as the framework, it considers the satisfaction of students’ psychological needs as an important variable in the examination of the promoting effect of psychological need satisfaction on the cultivation of craftsmanship among vocational college students, thereby providing a theoretical basis and empirical support for the construction of a cultivation model driven by internal psychological needs.
Study Design/Methodology/Approach: In this study, 136 educators who have been engaged in higher vocational education over a long time period in eight cities in Guizhou were selected as the research subjects. The structural equation model based on covariance was used as the core analysis method, combined with reliability and validity testing, confirmatory factor analysis and bootstrap robustness tests to ensure the reliability of the results.
Findings: The results show that the model fits well and that the satisfaction of psychological needs significantly and positively predicts the cultivation of craftsmanship (β = 0.40, p < 0.01). Also, the influences of its three dimensions were all found to be significant.
Originality/Value: This study fills the gap in the research on the cultivation of craftsmanship spirit caused by neglecting the psychological mechanism. Through SEM, it verified the differentiated roles of the three dimensions of psychological needs and revealed the path through which the satisfaction of psychological needs promotes the internalization of craftsmanship spirit, thus providing empirical support for the cultivation of craftsmanship spirit oriented by psychological needs.
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