THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION, DEMOGRAPHIC AND SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS AMONG BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS IN ALBANIA
Journal Title: Problems of Education in the 21st Century - Year 2012, Vol 45, Issue 1
Abstract
The purpose of this descriptive-correlation study was to describe the overall level of job satisfaction, also relationships among job satisfaction, demographic characteristics and school characteristics for teachers in the basic education system in Albania. For this purpose a survey was conducted for 1000 basic education teachers randomly selected in 40 schools representing different regions in Albania. The questionnaire was composed of items which measured demographic and school characteristics. Job Satisfaction Index (Bayfield and Roth’s, 1951) was used to measure the overall job satisfaction. The reliability coefficient of this scale was 0.85. The research data was analyzed by Correlation and descriptive analysis, Kruskall – Wallis Test and Mann-Whitney Test. The findings indicated that the basic education teachers in Albania were moderately satisfied with their job and some of the demographic and school characteristics (age, tenure, teacher level of education and school size) were negligibly related to overall teacher’s job satisfaction.
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Edmond Rapti, Theodhori Karaj
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