Job Satisfaction of Secondary School Teachers in Kotli, AJ&K: Role of Work Environment, Rewards, and Administration

Abstract

Job satisfaction is an emotional reaction towards a job. It is the positive or negative feelings which come from job related frustrations. In this paper, the authors analyze which of work environment, rewards and administration have more influence on job satisfaction of secondary school teachers of Kotli, AJ&K. The paper addresses one's working environment's impact on teacher performance, motivation and job satisfaction; how teacher's motivation, commitment and work productivity can be influenced by the provision of compensation benefits, rewards and recognition; present the role of the administrators in motivating the teams, thereby improving organizational effectiveness, teacher support and working management. Structured questionnaires were distributed to 183 teachers, and their answers were summarized with descriptive statistics. The results show that teachers think positively of their work environment. They have personal relationships through which they help each other and, therefore, have a pleasant time at work. Besides, they experience only a few conflicts. On the other hand, since the teachers reported doing lots of work, excessive paperwork and burning out of students so soon in the year, there seems to be a very serious factor of stress and exhaustion. Nevertheless, teachers seem to enjoy their profession and are willing to give up their administrative tasks in favor of teaching. As far as rewards are concerned, teachers are moderately satisfied with salary and benefits, but the fact that there are limited promotion and reward opportunities has led to their feeling of being underappreciated. Administration staff have been scored highly on justice and understanding but have been rated very low in equal work distribution. Among the suggestions of this research are digitally handling of administrative work load, open promotion and reward system, monitoring workload and well-being programs for addressing early burnout, and upgrading salary schemes. Lead to teacher satisfaction, motivation, and retention getting better, which in turn, leads to educational effectiveness.