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The study is based on Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) which focuses on the vocational teachers’ occupational well-being. It is in a sample of 163 teachers from 13 vocational schools in Guangzhou in China. The research defines vocational teachers’ occupational well-being into three supportive systems which including society, school and personal system. More specifically, it divides the three-system into sixteen hierarchies. In conclusion it finds that, School support system has the most significant impact on vocational teachers’ occupational well-being with the weight reaching to 0.47, then followed by social support system and the weight is 0.38.While the lowest is the personal system which weight is 0.15. As to the sixteen hierarchies of teachers’ well-being, humanistic and democratic management, pay, training and development as well as social recognition and reputation are the top four elements which weights are 0.1645, 0.1558, 0.1504, and 0.1216 respectively.
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To Cite this Article: Ling, T. (2013). Research on Vocational Teachers’ Occupational Well-being Based on Analytical Hierarchy Process. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development. 2(4), 15-28.
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