A multi-group higher-order factor analysis for studying the gender-effect in Teacher Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Teachers’ performances also depend on whether and how they are satisfied with their job. Therefore, Teacher Job Satisfaction must be considered as the driver of teachers’ accomplishments. To plan future policies and improve the overall teaching process, it is crucial to understand which factors mostly contribute to Teacher Job Satisfaction. A Common Assessment Framework and Education questionnaire was administered to 163 Italian public secondary school teachers to collect data, and a second-order factor analysis was used to detect which factors impact on Teacher Job Satisfaction, and to what extent. This model-based approach guarantees to detect factors which respect important properties: unidimensionality and reliability. All the coefficients are estimated according to the maximum likelihood estimation method in order to make inference on the parameters and on the validity of the model. Moreover, a new multi-group test for higher-order factor analysis was proposed and implemented. Finally, we analyzed in detail whether the factors impacting Teacher Job Satisfaction are characterized by gender.

Are Professors Satisfied With Their Jobs? The Factors That Influence Professors’ Job Satisfaction

“…For the items used to measure the job satisfaction of professors, the present study referenced the study of Cavicchia and Sarnacchiaro (2022) and Cavicchia and Vichi (2022), and Smart PLS 4 software was used to conduct a second-order factor analysis of 117 samples comprising responses to 32 questionnaire items designed to assess job satisfaction. Subsequently, the average scores of the retained items were used to determine the participants’ level of job satisfaction, and a t -test and an analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed to examine the effects of demographic variables on the participants’ job satisfaction.…”