Administrative and organizational factors affecting motivational levels of foreign language teachers

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of foreign language teachers working at high schools of Konak district of the city of İzmir on administrative and organizational factors affecting their motivational levels according to certain variables. The population of the research- which was conducted via using the descriptive survey model consists of 175 teachers from 31 state high schools and 200 teachers (Native speakers are not included.) from 13 private high schools located in Konak district of the city of İzmir throughout 2014-2015 academic year.The research sample was not applied but the questionnaire was applied to all teachers from the population of the research. The scales of 70 teachers from state high schools and 40 teachers from private high schools have been assessed. The data was gathered through 'The Scale of Administrative and Organizational Factors Affecting Motivational Levels of Foreign Language Teachers' developed by the researcher himself. In the analysis of the data descriptive statistics was used as well as t-test, one way variance analysis (ANOVA). The data was analyzed by SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 18.0 package program. According to the research findings, when teachers' opinions which are related to either central administration and school administration factors that affect both asset level and motivational level are compared in terms of gender and professional experience variables, statistically significant difference was not found. When teachers' opinions which are related to either central administration and school administration factors that affect both asset level and motivational level are compared in terms of educational status variable, it has been found that teachers' opinions related to central administration's effect on motivational level were significantly differentiated. When teachers' opinions which are related to either central administration and school administration factors that affect both asset level and motivational level are compared in terms of the variable of school type and the variable of the foreign language to be taught, there is no statistically significant difference found, however, a significant difference has been found in terms of school administration's effect on both asset level and motivational level.