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. 2016 Mar 9;11(3):e0150829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150829

Table 7. Correlations among the three Factors of the TSES measure and External Constructs (Years of Work experience and Job Satisfaction) for CFA and ESEM.

Sample Correlations ρ (CFA/ESEM)
Classroom Management–Work experience Instruction–Work experience Student Engagement–Work experience Classroom Management–Job Satisfaction Instruction–Job Satisfaction Student Engagement–Job Satisfaction
Australiaa .11*/ .10* .13*/ .12* .11*/ .11* .23*/ .22* .23*/ .22* .26*/ .25*
Brazil .10*/ .11* -.01/ -.01 .08*/ .07* .19*/ .19* .23*/ .22* .30*/ .28*
Bulgaria -.05/ -.05 -.10*/ -.09* -.05/ -.06 .26*/ .27* .19*/ .17* .27*/ .26*
Chile .10*/ .11* .02/ .01 .05/ .05 .25*/ .24* .24*/ .23* .32*/ .32*
Croatia .16*/ .16* .20*/ .18* .25*/ .24* .32*/ .31* .27*/ .25* .37*/ .35*
Czech Republic .14*/ .14* .06/ .03 .06/ .06 .21*/ .21* .19*/ .17* .23*/ .22*
Denmarkb .18*/ .18* .13*/ .11* .14*/ .14* .29*/ .29* .27*/ .25* .28*/ .27*
Estonia .05/ .06 .03/ -.03 .03/ .02 .10*/ .09* .19*/ .17* .28*/ .27*
Finlandb .07*/ .08* .00/ .00 .06*/ .05* .25*/ .25* .29*/ .27* .33*/ .31*
France .16*/ .16* .09*/ .07* .18*/ .18* .22*/ .22* .20*/ .19* .21*/ .20*
Israel .07*/ .07* .05/ .05 .07*/ .07* .29*/ .29* .20*/ .19* .28*/ .27*
Italy .21*/ .21* .06*/ .05* .09*/ .08* .20*/ .20* .21*/ .19* .26*/ .25*
Japanc .11*/ .11* .12*/ .11* .21*/ .21* .27*/ .26* .23*/ .22* .25*/ .25*
Koreac .10*/ .10* .07*/ .06* .07*/ .06* .28*/ .29* .26*/ .26* .31*/ .28*
Latvia .11*/ .11* .05/ .04 .10*/ .09* .16*/ .16* .21*/ .19* .28*/ .28*
Malaysiac .03/ .03 .03/ .03 .10*/ .10* .33*/ .32* .37*/ .35* .41*/ .40*
Mexico .06*/ .07* .01/ .01 .04/ .03 .25*/ .24* .34*/ .33* .37*/ .36*
Netherlands .09*/ .08* .03/ .03 .11*/ .12* .27*/ .27* .26*/ .24* .32*/ .31*
Norwayb .12*/ .12* -.02/ -.04 .04/ .04 .24*/ .24* .24*/ .21* .27*/ .26*
Poland .13*/ .12* .08/ .08* .11*/ .11* .24*/ .23* .25*/ .23* .30*/ .29*
Portugal .01/ .01 -.02/ -.02 -.01/ -.02 .25*/ .25* .22*/ .21* .25*/ .23*
Serbia .08*/ .08* .02/ .01 .13*/ .13* .32*/ .31* .27*/ .23* .38*/ .37*
Singaporec .16*/ .15* .19*/ .18* .23*/ .23* .19*/ .18* .20*/ .19* .27*/ .27*
Slovak Republic .13*/ .13* .12*/ .11* .15*/ .14* .23*/ .23* .21*/ .19* .26*/ .25*
Spain .06*/ .06* -.05*/ -.06* -.02/ -.01 .31*/ .30* .29*/ .27* .33*/ .32*
Swedenb .15*/ .15* .05/ .03 .13*/ .14* .14*/ .15* .24*/ .24* .28*/ .25*
United States of Americaa .14*/ .13* .07/ .06 .05/ .05 .17*/ .16* .16*/ .14* .30*/ .30*
Sub-national entities
England (United Kingdom)a .09*/ .08* .04/ .03 .10*/ .11* .20*/ .20* .19*/ .17* .30*/ .29*
Flanders (Belgium) .12*/ .12* .08*/ .08* .16*/ .15* .16*/ .16* .12*/ .09* .13*/ .13*
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) .17*/ .17* .16*/ .16* .17*/ .16* .21*/ .20* .23*/ .22* .29*/ .29*
Alberta (Canada) .18*/ .17* .09*/ .08 .16*/ .17* .18*/ .18* .18*/ .16* .25*/ .25*
Romania .12*/ .12* .11*/ .10* .13*/ .12* .23*/ .23* .27*/ .25* .32*/ .32*
Total TALIS 2013 Sample
32 countries .09*/ .09* .03*/ .02 .04*/ .04* .19*/ .19* .23*/ .22* .68*/ .64*

Note. In each cell, the first correlation reported was obtained from the CFA and the second from the ESEM approach.

a Anglo-Saxon country cluster

b Nordic country cluster

c East and South-East Asian country cluster.

* p < .01.