Expectancy work motivation, central life interests, voluntarism, and selected personal and environmental characteristics were strongly related to job satisfaction of secondary and higher education teachers but only mildly related to job performance as perceived by principals and department heads. (IRT)

Data collected in the fall and spring of 1980-81 from 1,442 teachers and 890 students in 89 Kansas elementary and secondary schools indicate that structural and expectancy linkages (including teacher work interdependence, communication, and expectations) and demographic variables were related to perceived organizational effectiveness, job…