Organizational Climate and Teachers' Job Satisfaction in Selected Public Secondary Schools in The Division of Lipa City

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

An organization is effective to the degree to which it achieves its goals but in most organizational setting problems emanate from varying professional self-concept as it affects the employees' performance of functions, work values and interpersonal relationship within the work place. From the researcher observation and experiences in the field, there were many situations of the occurrence of personal and professional jealousies even among teachers" ̃. This situation prompted the researcher to pursue his plan of determining whether the status of organizational climate in the public secondary schools are similar or different and to what extent its effects are on the teachers' job satisfaction.

METHODS

One of the method the researcher used is the descriptive method of research with the questionnaire as the primary data gathering instrument which was validated and administered to 122 teachers of public secondary schools in the division of Lipa City.

RESULTS

The schools' manifestation of a pleasant organizational climate is attributed to the good status of their physical environment, the collaborative and interactive work values of the personnel, the harmonious interpersonal relationship among the constituents, and the effective leadership of the school heads. The teachers' promotion system; third, from the impartial implementation of school policies' fourth, from the fringe benefits the teachers receive; and lastly, from the teachers' salary. Organizational climate is a strong predictor of job satisfaction and maintaining teachers' level of job satisfaction to maximum height is possible.

DISCUSSIONS

Teachers should maintain a higher level the status of the organizational climate that exists in their respective schools through demonstrating a genuine sense of camaraderie in their performance of the varied school activities the whole year around. School head and the teachers should exert innovativeness in securing assistance from government and non-government organizations for the much needed provision of books and other reference materials in their libraries which are deemed essential in the educational arena. School heads may conduct socialization activities to strengthen the harmonious relationship among teachers towards a positive climate. A system of recognition and incentives should be regularly implemented as a policy in the school system to enhance the school personnel's performance after their designated functions.