Factors affecting job satisfaction of Thai language teachers in The Secondary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study a set of factors that can explain or predict job satisfaction of Thai language teachers and to study the guidelines for the development of factors affecting job satisfaction of Thai language teachers. The statistics used for data analysis are frequency distribution Percentage Average Standard deviation Pearson Correlation Coefficient and regression analysis using computer program by Stepwise command.

The results of the study revealed that a set of factors that can be explained or predict job satisfaction of Thai language teachers that consists of organizational factors and personal factors affecting the job satisfaction of Thai language teachers were statistically significant at the .01 level. By organizational factors School policy and personal factors, the teacher ideology is an important factor which has the most effect on job satisfaction of Thai language teachers and guidelines for the development of factors affecting job satisfaction of Thai language teachers are organizational factors regarding the educational policy, the school should respond to the characteristics of the learners. Administrators should have fairness in management, relations with colleagues, should build relationships between personnel in the organization through activities and the school should provide enough facilities to work for teachers, also should raise a higher welfare level of salaries to teachers.  Personal factors should praise the teacher's profession.  Management policy should always give importance to the Thai language equal to other subjects and should promote the development of Thai language skills to teachers as needed.