The factors to affect the primary school teachers` job satisfaction: An example in Kırşehir

VI ABSTRACT The research examined the differences in job satisfaction in terms of organizational job satisfaction factors (age, seniority, working conditions, situation of education, training, supervision, promotion, salary, etc.) between primary school teachers. The data were collected from a sample of 379 teachers in the province of Kırşehir. The questionnaire asked the participants to rate their job satisfaction related to the organizational satisfaction factors work itself, management and supervision, salary, education, training and advancement opportunities, working conditions and interpersonal relations. The data were analyzed by t-test for equality of means and analysis of variance followed by Tukey's HSD post hoc analyses by SPSS program.. All teachers rated the lowest job satisfaction in salary, reward, supervision, advancement opportunities. All teachers rated the highest job satisfaction in the respect of their occupation, interpersonal relations and participation of resolutions. Male teachers rated more satisfaction than female teachers in interpersonal relations, management and supervision, working conditions and reward. Older teachers rated more than youngers ones in advancement, supervision and interpersonal relations. As a result of these findings, salary, reward, supervision, advancement opportunities were found to affect the teachers' job satisfaction. Suggestions were put forward to improve these conditions that affect teachers' satisfaction at work.