ERIC Number: ED608888
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr-30
Pages: 17
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Predicting Teachers' Job Satisfaction
Shockley, Robert Eugene; Morris, John D.; Watlington, Eliah; Hidrowoh, Jacob R.
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Antonio, TX, Apr 27-May 1, 2017)
The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between job satisfiers and job dissatisfiers that teachers experience in the workplace, using the lens of the Weighted Balance Satisfier Model. The 2011-12 school year Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education was the source of data. The data produced by this survey included a weighted national sample of 31,560 teachers. Contextual variables included were school stress, student behavior, administrative behavior, and teacher control/influence. Findings indicated small relationships between job satisfaction and contextual variables, but with few exceptions, those effects were not moderated by level of instruction. Recommendations for policymakers and practitioners are tendered.
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Job Satisfaction, Stress Variables, Student Behavior, Administrator Behavior, Professional Autonomy, Professional Recognition, Teacher Salaries, Teaching Conditions, Career Choice, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Public Education, National Surveys
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES)
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