A STUDY OF PRINCIPALS’ EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOB SATISFACTION OF TEACHERS
Abstract
- The objectives of this research are to study the level of principals’ emotional intelligence and the differences of principals’ emotional intelligence according to their personal factors, to study the level of teachers’ job satisfaction and to investigate the relationship between principals’ emotional intelligence and job satisfaction of teachers. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. By using simple random sampling method, eight principals and two hundred and five teachers were selected as sample from eight Basic Education High Schools in Thantwe Township, Rakhine State. For quantitative study, two sets of questionnaires: questionnaire for principals and questionnaire for teachers were used to collect data. Open-ended questions and interview were used for qualitative study. The internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) of principals’ emotional intelligence and teachers’ job satisfaction were 0.96 and 0.87 respectively. In this study descriptive statistics, independent samples t test and Pearson-product moment correlation were used to analyze the data. According to the findings, the level of principals’ emotional intelligence was high (X̅=3.97, SD=0.45). There was significant difference in principals’ emotional intelligence grouped by gender. There was no significant difference in principals’ emotional intelligence grouped by position. Then, the level of teachers’ job satisfaction was moderately high (X̅=3.03, SD=0.22). There was a positive and moderate relationship between principals’ emotional intelligence and job satisfaction of teachers (r=0.309, p<0.01).
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Year
- 2021
Author
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Aye Aye Phyo
Subject
- Educational Theory
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)