A correlational and predictive analysis of teaching performance, levels of stress, and job satisfaction in six Don Dosco schools, 1988-1989

• Main Author: Inocencio, Onofre G., Jr.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1989
• Subjects: Teaching effectiveness; Effective teaching; Teachers > Philippines > Social conditions; Education; Educational Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/63
• Institution: De La Salle University

Today, teachers do not seem to project any longer the traditional image of silent, dedicated and self-sacrificing public servants (Suarez, 1986). Faced with financial difficulties, job stress, worries and anxieties, teachers no longer remain silent and submissive. They have mounted a succession of concerted mass actions like protest marches, sit-down strikes, boycott of classes, mass leaves of absence: demanding for their rights and privileges and seeking redress of their grievances and dissatisfactions (Isla, 1986). There is also a widening circle of complaints on the present conditions of the teachers in the country and consequently, on the deterioration of the Philippine educational system. The educational crisis in the Philippine society intensifies as the socio-economic problems continue to affect many of the citizens, including the teachers. Under this situation, there is the consequent difficulty of attracting the right people into the teaching profession. How to keep the highly productive teachers from the lure of more lucrative enterprises poses a real challenge to school administrators. A school administrator who attempts to improve the quality of education given to the student must take a priority concern for the improvement of the quality of teachers. This concern demands the school administrator to look into the structure of its institution, to know the particular needs and potentials of its teachers, and to provide opportunities in fulfilling these needs and potentials. Are the teachers happy and productive in their work? Some experts (Herzberg et al, 1959) contend that job satisfaction precedes performance, that is, when teachers are satisfied, they tend to be effective performers. On the other hand, Wanous (1974) and Organ (1977) viewed performance as preceding satisfaction, that is, people get pleasure from their work after finding they are good at it. Whichever view is considered, there seems to be a correlation between the two aforementioned variables. The investigation of this possible relationship was one of the main theses of the study. The study is based on Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory. Herzberg asserts that workers tend to describe satisfying experiences in terms of factors that are intrinsic to the job itself such as achievement, recognition, work itself, responsibility, advancement, and possibility for growth. These factors play a significant role on producing poor job attitudes. These intrinsic factors are labeled motivators since they fulfill the individual's need for self-actualization and growth and are related to the job itself. They seem to be effective in motivating the individual to superior performance and effort. In contrast, dissatisfying experiences, called hygiene or maintenance factors result from extrinsic non-job-related factors such as company policy and administration, supervision, interpersonal relationship, working conditions, salary, status, and security. These factors, according to Herzberg, do not cause job satisfaction. Instead, they result in no job dissatisfaction. Herzberg believes that there are separate factors that lead to satisfaction and dissatisfaction. He stresses that eliminating the causes of dissatisfaction will not result in a state of satisfaction.