RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS’ DECISION-MAKING STYLES AND TEACHERS' JOB SATISFACTION
Abstract
- The main aim of this research is to study the relationship between principals' decision-making styles and teachers' job satisfaction. The specific aims of this research are to find out the decisionmaking style that the principals mostly use as perceived by principals and teachers, to investigate the levels of teachers' job satisfaction perceived by themselves, to investigate the variations of the levels of teachers' job satisfaction in terms of their personal factors, and to investigate the relationship between principals' decision-making styles and teachers' job satisfaction. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. In total, eight principals and 217 teachers from eight Basic Education High Schools in Bago Township, Bago Region were selected as subjects by using the purposive sampling method. The General Decision-making Style (GDMS) Questionnaire and Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) Questionnaire were used. The Cronbach's alpha (α) of the whole scales of decision-making styles was 0.74 and that of the whole scales of teachers’ job satisfaction was 0.82. Descriptive statistics, One-Way ANOVA and Pearson correlation, using SPSS version 25 were used. Interviews were conducted with three principals and nine teachers. The results show that the principals mostly used rational decision-making style and the level of teachers' job satisfaction was moderately high. There was no significant difference in the perceived level of overall job satisfaction among the teachers grouped by age, rank, academic qualification, total years of service and years of service in current school. There were significant differences in the perceived level of overall job satisfaction among the teachers grouped by years with current principal. There were significant positive relationships between principals' decision-making styles (rational and dependent) and teachers' job satisfaction. But, there was a significant negative relationship between principals' spontaneous decision-making style and teachers' job satisfaction.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Khin Htet Htet Htun
Subject
- Educational Theory
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)