Factors That Contribute To Job Satisfaction And Job Dissatisfaction Among Public Primary School Teachers A Case Study Of Ruiru District Kenya.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that contribute to job satisfaction and

job dissatisfaction among public primary school teachers.

The research design used in this study is simple descriptive survey of the factors that

contribute to job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction among public primary school

teachers. Descriptive survey was used in this study because the study under investigation

involved collecting data to answer questions concerning the current status of the subjects

in the study. Hence the study under investigation qualifies to use descriptive research

design. The locale of the study was RU/RU division, Thika district, Kenya. The target

population was seven hundred and twenty seven (727) teachers in fifty seven (57)

schools. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of twenty eight

(28) schools. The researcher also used simple random sampling to select a sample of

eighty (80) teachers from a target population of seven hundred and twenty seven (727)

teachers which is (ll%) percent and is within the range of Gay's recommendation of a

minimum 10% sample in descriptive research. The researcher administered

questionnaires to three teachers in each school. They were filled and then he collected

them. The researcher used questionnaire as a tool of data collection. After the

presentation, inte1pretation and analysis of the data, it was found out that, other tools for

data collection as observation and interview schedule could also have been used to

obtain more i,iformation not provided in the questionnaire. A statistical analysis of the

quantitative aspects (mean, mode, percentages, use of graphs and tables) was done by

use of statistical package for social sciences to generate appropriate i,iferences. The

researcher reviewed related literature of the previous researchers to determine any

existing gaps of knowledge. The review of the related literature showed that, there was

still a problem of job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction among the public prima,y

school teachers. The research findings reviewed that the greatest factor of dissatisfaction

among the public primary school teachers was the sala,y paid to them by their employer

(see table 4.1.2 The researcher made recommendations based on findings of the study.