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Foreign languages : a journal of applied linguistics, Vol. 44. No. 1., 2015.

Original scientific paper

JOB SATISFACTION OF GERMAN LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN CROATIA

Jasminka Pernjek orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-3153 ; Secondary School ”Krapina”, Krapina, Croatia
Ivana Matić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-8340-2280 ; Primary school Ivana Kukuljevića Sakcinskog, Ivanec, Croatia

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Abstract

Job satisfaction is an important indicator of an individual's perceived quality of life. In addition to having an immediate impact on an individual, it also affects his/her quality of work. Research has shown that teachers' job satisfaction is the most important factor influencing students' academic achievement. Some of the studies based on the self-determination theory have pointed out a correlation between teachers' (dis)satisfaction of certain aspects of the job, work conditions and intrinsic motivation, on the one hand, and students' motivation and academic achievement on the other. This study focuses on the factors of satisfaction found with German language teachers. This explanatory research has had two separate aims: one, to identify factors that influence job (dis)satisfaction in teachers of the previously mentioned foreign language, and two, to indicate aspects whose change could result not only in an increase in the level of teachers' job satisfaction but also in an increase in the efficiency of both learning and teaching. The research was conducted via a questionnaire given to teachers during the 23rd International Convention of 'Croatian Association of German Language Teachers' (October 2015). The subjects of the study were German language teachers working in primary and secondary schools. The research instrument was a questionnaire used in previously conducted studies on job satisfaction in Switzerland. The data analysis has shown fewer factors of dissatisfaction than satisfaction of German language teachers. The one factor confirmed by the study as the greatest cause of satisfaction is working with children, whereas the main factor of dissatisfaction was the (negative) image of the teaching profession held by the public.

Keywords

motivation; German language teachers; self-determination theory; work motivation; job satisfaction

Hrčak ID:

164852

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/164852

Publication date:

26.7.2016.

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