Job Satisfaction among School Teachers in Cyprus

Autor/inn/en	Zembylas, Michalinos; Papanastasiou, Elena
Titel	Job Satisfaction among School Teachers in Cyprus
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration, 42 (2004) 3, S.357-374 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-8234
DOI	10.1108/09578230410534676
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; Job Satisfaction; Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Conditions; Context Effect; Career Choice; Teacher Salaries; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Zypern
Abstract	Recent national and international studies carried out in a number of countries have drawn attention to the degree of job satisfaction among teachers. In general, it has been found that context seems to be the most powerful predictor of overall satisfaction. However, given that most of the international studies on teacher satisfaction have been conducted in developed countries, one realizes the need in the available literature for similar research in developing countries as well. This paper examines job satisfaction and motivation among teachers in Cyprus--a small developing country in the Eastern Mediterranean. An adapted version of the questionnaire developed by the "Teacher 2000 Project" was translated into Greek and used for the purposes of this study that had a sample of 461 K-12 teachers and administrators. The findings showed that, unlike other countries in which this questionnaire was used, Cypriot teachers chose this career because of the salary, the hours, and the holidays associated with this profession. The study analyzes how these motives influence the level of satisfaction held by the Cypriot teachers. (Contains 5 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10