Teachers Job Satisfaction and Work Commitment in Secondary Schools of GommaWoreda, Jimma Zone

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate relations of teachers’ job satisfactions and work commitment in selected general secondary schools of Jimma Zone. To accomplish this purpose, the study employed a concurrent nested research design. A total of 86 individuals have participated in the study of which 75 teachers participated in survey were included through census and principal, vice principal and supervisors totally 11 respondents participated in interview. Questionnaire and interview were the main instruments of data collection. The analysis of the quantitative data was carried out by using percent, mean, standard deviation and Pearson product correlation coefficient. Pearson product correlation coefficient results revealed that there is a significant and positive relationship between teachers’ job satisfaction and work commitment (r = .974**, N = 68). Higher levels of teachers’ job satisfaction were associated with higher levels commitment in the study area. As the mean and standard deviation revealed that both internal and external source of job satisfaction were low. The practices of affective, continuance, and normative commitment in the study area are not satisfactory. Based on the findings, it is recommended that secondary schools, Woreda education and Zone education Department facilitate promotion opportunity, provide recognition, improve working conditions, provide effective supervision and improve school policy. Ministry of Education in general and Oromia Education bureau are better to work on making teachers income attractive and affordable for improving their personal life.