Job satisfaction among public and private organizations: The case of public and private university instructors in Kyrgyzstan

The aim of this study is to determine the job satisfaction of instructors in public and private universities of Kyrgyzstan. Despite a wide range of researches conducted in this field, developing and transition countries such as Kyrgyzstan lack surveys in this area. Significance of this study is to identify differences of job satisfaction dimensions among instructors for public and private universities.The study was conducted among instructors in five public and five private universities in Kyrgyzstan. The survey employed the Teachers Job Satisfaction Questionnaire designed by Paula Lester in 1987. Totally, 415 questionnaires were used with a response rate of 68.37 percent. Statistical analysis of data was done by SPSS 13.0 Windows program. In the analysis along with the descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviations, frequency distributions; correlation, crosstabs tests, T-tests, One-Way ANOVA, and Two-Way ANOVA tests were used.According to the analyses of Two-Way ANOVA tests, the subscales of intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction were higher for private university instructors than public university counterparts.Hence, there is a difference among public and private university instructors in regard to their intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction. Organization type is a source of job satisfaction differences in this sector for Kyrgyzstan.Key Words: Job Satisfaction, Public and Private University Instructors, Education System, Kyrgyzstan, Public and Private Organizations.