An investigation of elementary teachers' job satisfaction and loneliness levelsin worklife

This study aimed to determine elementary teachers' job satisfaction and loneliness in workplace who work in public schools. Besides, influence of gender, marital status, teaching experience, educational level, and classroom level on teachers' job satisfaction and loneliness in the workplace were investigated in this study. The study included 415 elementary teachers who work in public schools located in Kırşehir and Erzurum in the 2017-2018 educational year. Personal information form, Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale, and Loneliness in the Workplace Scale were used to collect data in this casual-comparative survey research. The collected data were input in the data processing program and analyzed by using relevant statistical method. Results of the study showed that elementary teachers had high levels of job satisfaction and internal satisfaction, and middle level of external satisfaction. Besides, it was found that gender, marital status, teaching experience, educational level, classroom level of teachers did not influence their job satisfaction. It was revealed that teachers had low level of loneliness in the workplace, emotional loneliness and social friendship. Marital status, education level, and classroom level of teachers did not influence teachers' loneliness in the workplace. However, it was found that gender and teaching experience of teachers statistically influenced sub-dimensions and loneliness of teachers. Moreover, this study showed that there was a negative high correlation between job satisfaction and loneliness in the workplace of elementary teachers.