The School Climate Factors That Affect Teachers Job Satisfaction A Comparative Analysis Between Public And Private Secondary Schools In Shashemene City Administration

The major purpose of this study was to assess and compare the school climate factors that affect rnteachers „job satisfaction in private and public secondary schools in Shashamanne City rnAdministration. To achieve this purpose, mixed approach (both the qualitative and quantitative) rnwas employed. Data was collected from teachers, and directors of both schools through rnquestionnaire, and interview. Thus, the researcher has surveyed 82 teachers from public and rnprivate secondary schools through a self-constructed structured questionnaire that focused on rnfive work factors that were identified during the literature review namely salary and benefit, rnmanagement, work characteristics, interpersonal relationships and organizational policy. Data rnanalysis was made using the Statistical Packages for Social Science studies (SPSS). Percentage, rnmean, standard deviation, t-test, Pearson correlation, and one-way analysis of variance rn(ANOVA) employed to identify if there were significant difference, similarity and relationship rnamong the responses of the respondents on several variables. Moreover personal correlation rnwas used to see the relationship between the factors that affect teacher‟s satisfaction. In the rnsecond, namely the qualitative phase, interviews were conducted with a sample of 10 directors rnwho were purposefully selected. Data were analyzed qualitatively in narrative form and used to rnsupplement and/or triangulate the responses given and the results obtained through the rnquestionnaires. The data were analyzed thematically by using the constant comparative method. rnAccordingly, the result of the study has revealed that the teachers‟ intimate behavior, a teacher rnengagement and supportive principal behavior have a direct and significant effect on job rnsatisfaction. The principal directive behavior emerged as the primary dissatisfying aspect of all rnthe work factors. The other areas of dissatisfactions related to teacher workload, school facility, rnleadership and administration, the lack of decision-making opportunities for the teachers, lack of rnpromotion and recognition, student disciplinary problem and organizational rule and policies rnimplemented in rowing way. Overall, public secondary school teachers were more satisfied than rnprivate secondary school teachers because of the permanency of the school. In addition, among the four rnschool climate factors, except teachers frustrated behavior all identified factors were found to have rnstatistically significant correlations with job satisfaction. Finally, recommendations were made in rnorder to enhance the job satisfaction of both private and public secondary school teachers in rnShashamane City Administration, and for further research.

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