Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions

The main purpose of this study is to examine various factors that influence job satisfaction and job performance among teachers in the public secondary schools in Kuching and Samarahan divisions. To find out the extent to which various factors affect their job satisfaction. The instrument used to o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olurotimi, Adebayo Shonubi
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9335/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9335/3/Olurotimi%20Adebayo%20Shonubi%20ft.pdf
_version_ 1848836542260314112
author Olurotimi, Adebayo Shonubi
author_facet Olurotimi, Adebayo Shonubi
author_sort Olurotimi, Adebayo Shonubi
building UNIMAS Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The main purpose of this study is to examine various factors that influence job satisfaction and job performance among teachers in the public secondary schools in Kuching and Samarahan divisions. To find out the extent to which various factors affect their job satisfaction. The instrument used to obtain the primary data for this study was five likert questionnaires. Six public secondary schools in Kuching and Samarahan divisions of Sarawak. The fieldwork was carried out between February and June, 2012. This study distributed 350 questionnaires to Public Secondary Schools Teachers in the urban and rural public secondary schools in Kuching and Samarahan district in the state Sarawak. However, 270 questionnaires were returned and useable which represent 77% of the total respondents. Descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and Independent T-Test were used to answer the research questions. Based on the objectives, several factors have been identified in influencing the job satisfaction of the teachers involved. The most prominent factors identified by teachers were skills and abilities, work relationship, job happiness, supervision, pay and salary, and promotion have stronger positive relationship with job satisfaction and job performance, compared to workload and work commitment, which depicts low positive relationship with job satisfaction and job performance. The findings also revealed that there is a significant difference between the level of job satisfaction of teachers in the rural and urban areas. This is probably because those in the rural areas receive more benefits compared to their counterparts in the urban areas.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T06:25:25Z
format Thesis
id unimas-9335
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T06:25:25Z
publishDate 2013
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling unimas-93352024-09-09T04:12:01Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9335/ Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions Olurotimi, Adebayo Shonubi H Social Sciences (General) The main purpose of this study is to examine various factors that influence job satisfaction and job performance among teachers in the public secondary schools in Kuching and Samarahan divisions. To find out the extent to which various factors affect their job satisfaction. The instrument used to obtain the primary data for this study was five likert questionnaires. Six public secondary schools in Kuching and Samarahan divisions of Sarawak. The fieldwork was carried out between February and June, 2012. This study distributed 350 questionnaires to Public Secondary Schools Teachers in the urban and rural public secondary schools in Kuching and Samarahan district in the state Sarawak. However, 270 questionnaires were returned and useable which represent 77% of the total respondents. Descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and Independent T-Test were used to answer the research questions. Based on the objectives, several factors have been identified in influencing the job satisfaction of the teachers involved. The most prominent factors identified by teachers were skills and abilities, work relationship, job happiness, supervision, pay and salary, and promotion have stronger positive relationship with job satisfaction and job performance, compared to workload and work commitment, which depicts low positive relationship with job satisfaction and job performance. The findings also revealed that there is a significant difference between the level of job satisfaction of teachers in the rural and urban areas. This is probably because those in the rural areas receive more benefits compared to their counterparts in the urban areas. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9335/3/Olurotimi%20Adebayo%20Shonubi%20ft.pdf Olurotimi, Adebayo Shonubi (2013) Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions. Masters thesis, University Malaysia Sarawak.
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Olurotimi, Adebayo Shonubi
Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions
title Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions
title_full Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions
title_fullStr Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions
title_short Factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in Kuching and Samarahan divisions
title_sort factors influencing job satisfaction and performance among teachers in kuching and samarahan divisions
topic H Social Sciences (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9335/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9335/3/Olurotimi%20Adebayo%20Shonubi%20ft.pdf