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Abstract- Under the background of exam-oriented education in junior middle schools in China, art education shows marginalized characteristics as it is not an examination subject. Therefore, the career success of junior middle school art teachers has faced some challenges, and the influencing factors of their career success have become a topic worthy of discussion. Some researchers have already pointed out that work ethic have impact on career success. However, whether work ethic still affect career success within a specific group, it is worthy to further explore. Thus, this study aims to explore the influence of work ethics on career success of junior middle school art teachers in Shenzhen. This study conducted a questionnaire survey among Shenzhen junior middle school art teachers and used SPSS and Smart Pls4.0 to analyse the data. Results show that work ethic affect two dimensions of career success including career success intra-organizational competitiveness and career success job satisfaction but do not affect career success extra-organizational competitiveness among participants. Thus, this study supplements and enriches the theory of career success under the existing background of art education especially in Shenzhen, China. Furthermore, this research can guide the construction of work ethics for art teachers. For instance, put forward some suggestions to schools, educational administrative departments and administrative departments to enhance the work ethics of art teachers in Shenzhen, thereby improving their career success level. Meanwhile, for art teachers themselves, this study proposes strategies to help the group of art teachers achieve higher career success by improving their work ethic levels.

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