Measuring job satisfaction, motivation and health issues of secondary school teachers in Pakistan

摘要

This study was carried out in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi of Pakistan focusing on teachers of both public and private secondary schools. The study identifies the factors affecting teachers overall job satisfaction by conducting two studies with a total sample comprised 523 teachers. This study was an extension of teacher 2000 project and the same survey instrument was used here. Study-1 with a sample size of 252 teachers was used to develop new scales using exploratory factor analysis from the perspective of a developing country like Pakistan, as the original questionnaire was designed and used in a developed country, Australia. In Study-2, a précised questionnaire with new scales was used and a sample size of 271 teachers was gathered to investigate overall satisfaction caused by factors relating to contribution, commitment and health issues. Results of motivating factors towards teaching showed that though, teaching was not the first choice of majority of respondents, but they joined this profession as it would fit well with their family commitments. Majority agrees that training played a positive role in enhancing their teaching ability. The most important aspect is that majority is overall satisfied; currently more satisfied from the past and also willing to carry on this profession in future, especially females. Regression results showed that teachers’ contribution has positive relationship with their performance, whereas health issues are the source of decreased performance of teachers. However, relationship of commitment with satisfaction found to be insignificant.