TITLE:
Factors Affecting Secondary School Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Lushoto District, Tanga Region in Tanzania
AUTHORS:
Tumaini J. Mbonea, Akech Eric, Ogega Ounga, Cosmas Nyarusanda
KEYWORDS:
Job Satisfaction, Job Security, Social Simulation, Promotion, Recognition & Appreciation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.6,
June
30,
2021
ABSTRACT: The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting job
satisfaction level for secondary school teachers in Lushoto District, Tanga region,
in Tanzania. The research design applied was survey. Purposive sampling
technique was adopted in finding secondary schools and teachers that present
all secondary schools in the region. 119
teachers (respondents) were surveyed from both private secondary schools and
public secondary schools. Satisfaction or dissatisfaction among categories
(groups) of secondary school teachers was calculated in term of means, while then ANOVA test was applied to find job
satisfaction difference among categories of secondary school teachers. Research findings revealed that Secondary
school teachers were affected by job satisfaction factors which are: pay,
social simulation, opportunity for promotion, job condition and job security.
Finally by means of ANOVA test with the alpha 0.428 greater than 0.01 and 0.05
it revealed also that there is no significant difference in job satisfaction level among, art department teachers, science
department teachers and other department teachers. According to such results the researcher therefore recommends that for
raising job satisfaction level for secondary school teachers in all affected
areas, for effectiveness and efficiency in the workplace as to have positive
academic performance of the students (boosting student’s academic performance),
the policy should be formulated to make adjustment on the following: 1) Secondary school teachers should be paid and given their returns in
regard with time value of money and without delay, given enough time for social
simulation (to meet their family, friends, shopping, etc.), promoted
equally without delay, to offer good job condition, for example, housing and transport for teachers should be of importance and educational leaders (administrators) should use no kind of threat to their subordinators. 2) Science
secondary school teachers, art secondary school teachers and other secondary
school teachers in other departments should be recognized, appreciated and
given priority equally.