TITLE:
The Job Satisfaction Antecedents of South African School Teachers: A Follow-Up Review
AUTHORS:
Ryan Evan du Toit, Werner de Klerk
KEYWORDS:
Job Satisfaction, Antecedents, South Africa, Schoolteachers, Basic Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.10 No.8,
August
23,
2023
ABSTRACT: Following the lack of interventions to address low levels of job satisfaction for South African schoolteachers, this scoping review aimed to identify the antecedents that play a role in the levels of job satisfaction in South African schoolteachers. The search was replicated from a previous research study that focused on the availability of interventions for schoolteacher job satisfaction. From the replicated search 17 literature sources were identified that focused on the job satisfaction of South African schoolteachers. The data were thematically analyzed, and the various antecedents were thematically grouped into four themes: 1) Leadership and education; 2) Schoolteacher workload; 3) School learner and parental issues; 4) Lack of school infrastructure and resources. These four main themes indicate the most prominent antecedents that negatively influence levels of job satisfaction among schoolteachers. It is proposed that these antecedents be used to formulate holistic and contextual interventions to improve the levels of job satisfaction. This could ultimately aid in approving the status of the basic education sector of South Africa.