Factors Affecting Job Stress and Satisfaction of TVET Teachers in Tigray Region, Ethiopia
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2007-03
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors of job stress
and job satisfaction among TVET teachers in Tigray and discuss its relevance
to TVET. The research was conducted with the assumption that if such factors
are identified, efforts can be made to eliminate or reduce the effects of those
variables which lead to stress or and enhance those which lead to
s atisfaction. A sample of 180 teachers was randomly drawn from 308
teachers. Participants completed a questionnaire on demographic variables
and 20 subscales of teachers' stress and job satisfaction measures.
Quantitative statistics such as mean, standard deviation, Product Moment
Correlation, ANOVA and linear regression techniques were employed between
measures. The result of the study has shown that female respondent teachers
had a lower level of satisfaction and highly stressed as compared to the
males. Diploma graduate teachers showed relatively lower job satisfaction
and higher stress compared to BA/ BSC graduates. Teachers of Industrial
area were with high stress (as compared to the business teachers) in
leadership style and less satisfied in achievement need. However, age and
expenence on job stress and satisfaction did not show a significant
contribution in the study. The results of regression showed that working
environment, salary and benefits and responsibility were very important
factors to job satisfaction. The regression analysis also indicated extrinsic
variables to be the most explaining variables as compared to intrinsic
variables on the overall effect of job satisfaction. Moreover, most teachers felt
stressed on factors such as role over/oad, working condition, peer support, and
leadership styles. The relationship between overall job Stress and job
satisfaction was found to be negative and significant. Finally the results
appear to have managerial and research implications. It is envisaged that the
identification of the specific sources of stress will shade light in to the
problems of TVET teachers that make their job particularly difficult.
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Factors Affecting Job Stress