Achieving Quality Education by Understanding Teacher Job Satisfaction Determinants

Abstract

Abstract:The issue of quality education in Nigeria has come up in a number of studies. In particular, the teacher has been identified as a major resource in achieving the very important objective of quality basic education. This comes against the backdrop that teachers are perceived to be in a better position to influence the performance of learners. However, how can they positively influence student performance if they themselves are not motivated? A total of 547 teachers in 23 schools (pre-nursery to senior high schools) in the Ibadan South-West Local Government Area in Oyo state, Nigeria participated in the study. SPSS software version 22 was used for data analysis. Descriptive analysis (mean and standard deviation) was done at the first stage and factor analysis at the second stage. The Kaiser's criterion technique was also applied to determine the factors (components) to be retained for the factor analysis. Only factors with an Eigen value of 1.0 or more were retained for analysis. Kolmogorov-Smirnov's and Shapiro-Wilk's tests of normality were also used to test if the generated components (factors) are normally distributed, and the p-values of less than 0.001 for all the components indicated no normal distribution. Overall, the results suggest that teachers' pay or salary, growth opportunities and responsibilities attached to work are the top three job characteristics variables that contribute to teacher job satisfaction.

Effect of Age on Job Satisfaction and Emotional Exhaustion of Primary School Teachers in Greece

“…The results of the present work indicate that proactive human resources policies may be required to protect the newly hired and less experienced teachers from burnout. Personality traits, age, experience, and working conditions can mediate the effect of job characteristics on job satisfaction [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]. In turn, unsatisfied teachers may gradually develop negative emotions for their job and be emotionally exhausted [62,63].…”

“…Emotional exhaustion is a precursor to depersonalization, which subsequently can lead to lack of personal accomplishment [34,55]. Burnout can lead to decreased job performance, lack of enthusiasm and commitment, and reduced job satisfaction [55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]. Educational policy makers could initiate mentoring or aiding initiatives that may be employed to assist teachers in developing skills.…”

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Investigating the Relationship between Teacher Quality and Students’ Academic Performance with Empowerment as a Mediator

“…In fact, some notable scholars on TEQ (Rice, 2003;Goe, 2007;Heck, 2007;Akinfe et al, 2012;Adeyemi & Adu, 2012;Duze, & Ogbah, 2013;Edinyang, Opoh & Odey, 2014;Fasasi & Ojo, 2014;Akpanobong & Asuquo, 2015;Daluba, 2015;Okoli, Ogbondah & Ekpefa-Abdullahi, 2015;Josiah & Oluwatoyin, 2017) found that TEQ has significant relationship with SAP. On top of this, school should build more on the quality of teachers so that students' performance can be improved (Ajeyalemi 2013;Adu, Akinloye & Adu, 2015;Josiah & Oluwatoyin, 2017;Tella, 2017;Iwu et al, 2018).…”

“…In the context of transformation, teachers see empowerment as a thing that can improve productivity for them. Although the qualities the teachers possess is not adequately enough to teach students in the classroom (Taiwo, 1980;Musa, Jimba, & Ogundele, 2015;Iwu, Ezeuduji, Iwu, Ikebuaku, & Tengeh, 2018), it is teachers who know the problems facing their students when they are in the classroom. The policy makers and principal do not know what is going on between teacher and students but they decide for the teachers.…”