Job Satisfaction of Faculty Members and Utility of Dona Maria Laurel Platon Memorial School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The study of the employees' job satisfaction and its relationship to their demographic characteristics is one of the most interesting research topics in organizational psychology and considered as the "Holy Grail" by an industrial psychologist, Landy 1992. Indeed, interest on this topic goes back as far as the early 19th century and the topic continues to be of great interest to many researchers and students. Although a number of studies have been made, still the topic deserves in-depth study and discussions. Moreover, many developments took place over the years that merit renewed and deeper discussions. The study was conducted to determine the socio-demographic profile, job satisfaction of the faculty members and utility, their job satisfaction, and the relationship between the socio-demographic profile with the level of job satisfaction.

METHODS

The study was descriptive in nature since it identified, described and summarized the demographic characteristics such as age, gender, civil status, position, years of experience, educational qualification and contribution of employment. The study surveyed 18 teachers and 1 utility in Dona Maria Laurel Platon Memorial School. Total enumeration of the respondents was observed in the study. An adapted questionnaire from Grana (1994) and Sunga (1991) was used. Descriptive statistical tools were employed in the study such as mean, percentage, chi-square test.

RESULTS

The study revealed that there was no significant relationship between the socio-demographic and the level of job satisfaction for employees at primary level. The study proved otherwise for the intermediate level which showed that there was a significant relationship between civil status and the level of the employee's job satisfaction, married employees were more satisfied with their job. Socio-demographic factors such as Gender, Civil Status, and Educational Attainment have a significant relationship with the level of job satisfaction.

DISCUSSIONS

Table 3 shows that 55% of the participants were married and in the age bracket of 20-29. Sixty-four percent of them have a job order employment status and with pure teaching load. Majority of them were female and have earned master’s units, working the university on the average of 1-5 years and considered their employment as the main source of their income.