A Study of Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of Teacher Educators in Relation To Their Gender, Age, Marital Status and Academic Qualification

Volume 6, Issue 11, November – 2021 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
ISSN No:-2456-2165
A Study of Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of

Teacher Educators in Relation to their Gender, Age,
Marital Status and Academic Qualification
GIRI GIRI SRAVANTHI MAHENDER REDDY SARSANI
Research Scholar Prof., Dean Faculty of Education, Principal & HEAD
University College of Education University College of Education
Kakatiya University, Telangana State Kakatiya University, Telangana State
Abstract:- The study is aimed to find job satisfaction of A. Job Satisfaction of Teacher Educator
teacher educators in Telangana State. In relation to Job satisfaction can be a good predictor of work
gender, age, marital status and academic qualification. behaviours including organisational citizenship, absenteeism,
The simple random technique was used to select the sample and turnover for Teacher Educators. Furthermore, job
of 230 members of teacher educators of Telangana State. satisfaction can moderate the association between personality
Survey method was used for the study. A tool Job traits and aberrant work behaviours to some extent.
Satisfaction Scale was developed by the scholar. The
results show that female teacher educators have more job The job happiness of teachers is vital not just to the
satisfaction than male teacher educators and their age, teachers, but also to the kids. Job satisfaction can indicate
marital status but academic qualifications do not have teacher retention and commitment (Shann, 2001). This
relationship with job satisfaction. demonstrates the importance of job happiness for school
teachers.
Keywords:- Job Satisfaction; Teaching Conditions; Work
Environment; Job Satisfaction Style. If teacher educators are under stress, they will be
dissatisfied with their jobs and have a bad attitude about them.
I. INTRODUCTION As a result, it is critical to determine the elements that
influence teacher educators' happiness with their jobs. Teacher
Kilpotrick (1994) says one train’s circus performers and educators have the ability to transform student teachers' raw
animals but one educates the teachers consequently the new materials into exceptional completed goods, such as whole
term teacher education has been adopted replacing the term human beings and responsible teachers. When the teacher
teacher training. educators are happy with their work, they might generate more
energy. Teacher education will gradually be transferred into
Teachers have a profound impact on the lives of our multidisciplinary colleges and universities, as the best teachers
children, and thus on the destiny of our country. Our children will require training in a variety of material as well as
learn values, knowledge, empathy, creativity, ethics, life skills, pedagogy. As schools and universities strive to become more
and social responsibility from their teachers. Today, the multidisciplinary, great education departments offering B.Ed.
prestige of the teacher has unquestionably and regrettably and M.Ed. degrees will become more prevalent.
deteriorated. The quality of teacher training, recruitment,
deployment, service conditions, and empowerment is not II. LITERATURE SURVEY
where it should be, and as a result, the quality and motivation
of teachers is not up to par. For the best to be inspired to enter Melaku & Hunde (2020) studied on Factors Affecting
the profession, for teachers to be well motivated and Teachers Job Satisfaction in case of in Wachemo University.
empowered to innovate, and for education to reach the heights The study included 768 teachers, and the findings revealed that
and levels that are truly required to ensure the best possible salary, stressful work, overtime work without pay,
future for our children and nation, the high respect for teachers relationships with top management, opportunities for
and the high status of the teaching profession must be revived advancement, chance for promotion, and availability of
and restored. teaching learning materials, as well as campus rules and
regulations, all affect teachers' job satisfaction.
The most important component in determining worker
motivation, effectiveness, retention, and performance is job Crisci, Sepe & Malafronte (2019) studied the influences
satisfaction. It's a pleasant, optimistic state brought on by one's teachers’ job satisfaction and how to improve, develop and
work and work experiences (Bashayreh, 2009). This reorganize the school activities associated with them.
encompasses the individual's affective attitude or work Communication, involvement, leadership, school climate,
orientations, in addition to the unique task environment of the structure, and job satisfaction were identified as the six
employees. (Bashayreh, 2009:7) primary determinants determining teacher satisfaction using
descriptive analysis.
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Harsha, Helina, and Peter (2018) conducted research to A. Tool used for the study
determine personality characteristics among teachers and their The researcher reviewed Questionnaire on Teacher
relationships with self-efficacy, work engagement, and job Effectiveness constrcted and standerdised by Sujatha Mishra
happiness. They investigate the relationships between profile (1999), Student Assessment of Learning and Teaching
membership and teacher self-efficacy for teaching, work (SALT) the sage college approved by the sage college faculty
engagement, and job happiness. The findings give new (2014), Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale by Bandura (1997). The
evidence that suggests trait interactions, rather than just Personality Inventory is developed and standardized by
additive personality effects, should be considered in models of Mahesh Bhargava (2002) and finally Factor analysis
teacher attrition, effectiveness, or selection. techniques were used for developed and adopted standardized
techniques. The research tool was developed with 82 items by
Kulandi and Babu (2017) conducted a correlative study the scholar labelled as Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) to measure
of teacher-educators' job satisfaction and occupational stress the factors are affecting on job satisfaction of teacher
in relation to selected variables with a sample of 450 teachers. educators. In this scale, against each item is provided with five
It was decided to use the normative survey method. The alternatives i.e. Strongly Agree, Agree, Undecided, Disagree
following were the main findings: I it was discovered that and Strongly Disagree.
there is a substantial difference in the mean job satisfaction
scores of male and female teacher-educators working in a The number of factors is ‘eleven’, but on the basis of
college of education. ii) It is determined that the mean job groupings made by factor analysis, ‘eleven’ components are
satisfaction scores of married and unmarried teacher-educators clubbed together to form 82 components and named on the
working in the college of education differ significantly. basis of majority of the sub-factors therein. Since majority of
the sub-factors in Component are 1) Organisational,
A. Objectives of the study Administrative styles and Policies of the Institution, 2)
To find out the Teacher Educators’ job satisfaction in Teaching Efficiency, 3) Job related issues, 4) Teaching
relation to their gender, age, marital status, type of family and Competencies, 5) Working Conditions, 6) Relationship with
community. student-teacher and colleagues, 7) Emoluments and Personal
matters, 8) Evaluation and feedback system, 9) Duties and
B. Hypotheses Responsibilities, 10) Freedom in Planning and Execution of
Hypothesis-1: There is no significant mean difference between work and 11) Commitment towards Profession.
the male and female teacher educators on their job satisfaction.
Hypothesis-2: There is no significant mean difference among After discussing the results of present research on the
the age groups of teacher educators on their job satisfaction. basis of various statistical tools, the next step is to draw
Hypothesis-3: There is no significant mean difference between conclusions.
the married and unmarried teacher educators on their job
satisfaction. B. Data collection procedure
Hypothesis-4: There is no significant mean difference between Permission was obtained from the principals to undertake
the M.A/M.Com/M.Sc and M.Phil/Ph.D. teacher educators on the research work in Teacher Education Institutes (TEI) of
their job satisfaction. telangana state . The Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) was given to
the teacher educators. The instructions were given orally to the
III. METHODOLOGY teacher educators to read the direction given in the booklet.
The Normative Survey Method is used in the present C. Validity and Reliability
research to obtain the pertinent precise information concerning While standardizing the test, the test-constructors
the current status of teacher education and whenever possible established validity and reliability. However, the researchers
to draw valid general conclusions from the facts discovered. administered the tool on a small group (N=100) to examine the
The method reports us about what exist at present by usability or practicability of reliability and validity of the test.
determining the nature and degree of existing conditions. The (test-retest method) pilot study was applied for the test.
The calculated Reliability co-efficient was 0.84 between test
The sample for the investigation was drawn from various and retest.
teacher education institutions of Telangana State, a total of 230
teacher educators (lecturers) were selected by Simple Random Validity is the quality of data-gathering instrument or
sampling technique. The sample includes 61.3% teacher procedure that enables it to determine what it was designed to
educators were male 38.6% teacher educators were female. determine (Best, 1983). In other words, validity refers to
ability is also to measure to as "the extent to which the
procedure actually accomplishes what it seeks to accomplish
or measure what it seek to measure" (Fox, 1969). The validity
of the test was explained in the manuals. The items included
in the test were valid as they could elicit the intended
information.

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IV. RESULTS
Sample Statistical test and

variable category Mean SD
size values
Male 140 293.7 23.3

Gender t = 2.72**
Female 90 302.3 23.7
26-35 years 103 298.9 23.9 t =1.01 #
Age
36 years and above 130 295.6 23.6
Table -1: shows the category, sample size, Mean, SD with statistical test and values
*significant at 0.05 level
# Not significant even at 0.05 level
The table-1 evident that male teacher educators mean

score on overall Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) is 293.7 and The same table revels that the 26-35 years age teacher
female teacher educators mean score is 302.3; and SDs for the educators mean score of overall JSS Job Satisfaction Scale
same groups being 23.3 and 23.7 respectively. The t- value is (JSS) is 298.9 and 36 years and above age teacher educators
found to be 2.72 which is significant at 0.01 level. Hence, there mean score is 295.6; and SDs for the same groups being 23.9
is significant difference between male and female teacher and 23.6 respectively. The t-value is found to be 1.01, which
educators on the Job Satisfaction. The female teacher is not significant at 0.05 level. Hence, there is no significant
educators have more Job Satisfaction than their male teacher difference between 26-35 years and 33 years and above
educators. teacher educators on the job satisfaction.
variable category Sample Mean SD Statistical test and

size values
Marital Status
Married 200 297.8 24.1 t = 1.35#
Unmarried 292.1 21.1

30
M.A/M.COM/M.SC 225 297.1 23.9
Academic Qualification t = 0.24 #
M.Phil 5 295.2 17.1
Table -2: shows the category, sample size, Mean, SD with statistical test and values
# Not significant even at 0.05 level
Table2 is evident that married teacher educators mean V. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION
scores on Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) is 297.8 and unmarried
teacher educators mean score is 292.1 And the SDs for the The study results revealed that gender have shown
same groups benign 24.1 and 21.1 respectively. The t-value is significant influence on Job Satisfaction of teacher educators.
found to be 1.35, which is not significant even at 0.05 levels. However, the study found that age, marital status, academic
Hence, there is no significant difference between married and qualifications has no influence on the job satisfaction of
unmarried teacher educators on the job satisfaction. teacher educators working in teacher education institutions.
The same table revels the M.A / M.Com. / M.Sc The female teacher educators are more satisfied in their
Qualification teacher educators mean scores on Job job than male teacher educators. The majority of female
Satisfaction Scale (JSS) is 297.1 and M.Phil/Ph.D. teacher educators salary is secondary income for their family,
Qualification teacher educators mean score is 295.2 and the whereas the male teacher educators salary may not be
SDs for the same groups being 23.9 and 17.1 respectively. The sufficient for maintaining his family and dependents. So that
t-value is found to be 0.24, which is not significant even at male teacher educators may have dissatisfaction with their
0.05 levels. Hence, there is no significant difference between jobs.
M.A/M.Com/M.Sc and M.Phil/Ph.D. Qualification teacher
educators on the job satisfaction. The conclusions drawn from the present study reveals
certain important implications which are meaningful for the
teacher educators, and the educational administrators and
policy makers.

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Volume 6, Issue 11, November – 2021 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology

A Study of Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of

IJISRT21NOV178 www.ijisrt.com 451

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Sample Statistical test and

Male 140 293.7 23.3

The table-1 evident that male teacher educators mean

variable category Sample Mean SD Statistical test and

Unmarried 292.1 21.1

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[1]. Best J.W. "Research in Education" Prentice Hall of

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