| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated factors related to job
satisfaction of secondary school teachers in East Indonesia
Union Conference of SDA, Indonesia. Specifically, the study
was designed to identify the level of teachers' job
satisfaction, the correlation of selected independent
variables to job satisfaction, and the best contributor of
selected variables to job satisfaction. By doing so, the
results may contribute to a better understanding of
teachers' job satisfaction.
The 118 teachers from twelve Adventist secondary
schools in EIUC, composed a response rate of 77%. These 118
respondents were the sample. The questionnaire used in this
study was originally developed by Khan (1995) as a result
of his synthesis and adaptation of questionnaires developed
by Hoy and Miskel (1981), Robbins (1991), and Libato (1992).
The study found that generally, the teachers agreed to
the job satisfaction subscale with a mean of 3.92 (SD=0.41).
This indicated that teachers were satisfied with their jobs.
The study identified three varlables that had a
significant and positive correlation with Job Satisfaction.
These variables were School Climate (r = 0.62), Teachers'
Professional Qualities (r = 0.48), and Principal Leadership
(r = 0.45). The study failed to find a significant
correlation between Job Satisfaction and the twelve
variables Age, Gender, Civil Status, Teaching Experience,
Highest Educational Attainment, Number of Subjects Taught,
Class Size, Library Facilities, Audiovisual Equipment,
Physical Plant, Salary, and Teachers' Benefits.
Finally, the best predictor variables of Job
Satisfaction were identlfied. School Climate and Teachers'
Professional Qualities together accounted for 41% of the
variance in Job Satisfaction among secondary school
teachers in EIUC. The study also found that Principal
Leadership and Teachers' Professional Qualities were
indirectly related to Job Satisfaction through School
Climate. These two variables together accounted for 48% of
the variance in school climate. | en_US |
