An Empirical study of Teachers' Job Satisfaction : with special reference to the survey of elementary and secondary school teachers' opinion

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' job satisfaction in each life-stage which was presented in Owen's need-priority model compared with motivation-maintenance model. Specifically, the following were the main problems to be surveyed: 1. To grasp what characteristics of their jobs which teachers have the sense of satisfaction and dissatisfaction. 2. To analyze whether teachers' job satisfaction and dissatisfaction have relationships with their positions, sex, and experience. 3. To analyze whether teachers' satisfaction have relationships with their morale. The following were the main results: 1. Teachers' satisfaction in motivating factors and dissatisfaction in maintenance factors. 2. Teachers' job satisfaction tended to move toward higher hierarchy-of need theory of Porter in accordance with the increase of experience as a teacher. 3. Teachers' morale was going high if their need of self-actualization and achievement would be satisfied.