Abstract:
Job satisfaction is one of the most widely discussed concepts in the areas of
organizational behavior and human resource management. The study investigated the
present level of job satisfaction among the teachers of government schools in
Sammanthurai Educational zone in the Ampara district where it was revealed that the
teachers were mostly dissatisfied in their job thorough the preliminary interview with
the teachers and the officials of the education department. The job satisfaction of the
government school teachers was studied based on the following job-related factors such
as Nature of the Work, Remuneration, Work Supervision, Relationship with coworkers, Opportunities for Promotion and Working Environment. Quantitative
research approach was employed to collect data from 270 government school teachers
through a survey that was designed to investigate the factors influencing the job
satisfaction. The collected data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS Version 23). The results showed that nature of the work (β = 0.26, p <
0.001, 95%) was the most significant factors that influenced the job satisfaction
followed by remuneration (β = 0.109, p < 0.05, 95%), opportunities for promotion (β =
0.118, p < 0.05, 95%)., Working Environment (β = 0.137, p < 0.05, 95%). However, it
was found that the factors such as relationship between work supervision (β = 0.021, p
> 0.05, 95%) and relationship with coworkers (β = 0.097, p > 0.05, 95%) were not
significant predictors of job satisfaction. The model only explained 40% of the variation
in the job satisfaction. The study encountered the limitation in terms of the time factor
in collecting data from the teachers due to their work schedule. The future research
could be done by considering more other related factors that determine the job
satisfaction in the same and different sectors.
