Motivation in the work of teachers.

The Roles of Teachers’ Work Motivation and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in the Organizational Commitment in Extraordinary Schools

Fatwa Tentama, Dessy Pranungsari Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 

Article history: 

Received Nov 26, 2015 

Revised Jan 25, 2016 Accepted Feb 26, 2016 

ABSTRACT

Teachers’ work motivation and teachers’ job satisfaction are the factors influencing the organizational commitment. This research is aimed to empirically examine the roles of teachers’ work motivation and teachers’ job satisfaction in the commitment of the organization in extraordinary schools. The subjects of the research are the teachers in Extraordinary School 1 Bantul Yogyakarta. The sample was taken by employing non-randomized technique. The scales of work motivation, job satisfaction and organizational commitment are used in collecting the data. The data were analyzed by using multiple linear regression technique. Teachers’ job motivation more dominantly influence organizational commitment compared to teachers’ job satisfaction.

Keyword: 

Job satisfaction 

Organizationl commitment 

Work motivation 

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Investigation of the Work Motivation Levels of Primary School Teachers

 Hatice Kadioğlu Ateş1 , Perihan Yilmaz2 

1Asistant Proffessor, Turkey, Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey 

2Teacher, Turkey, MEB 

Correspondence: Hatice Kadioğlu Ateş, Asistant Proffessor, Turkey, Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey. 

Received: January 24, 2018               Accepted: February 23, 2018 Online                  Published: February 25, 2018 doi:10.11114/jets.v6i3.2948               URL: https://doi.org/10.11114/jets.v6i3.2948 

Abstract 

This study was conducted to examine the work motivation levels of primary school teachers working in primary school institutions located in Istanbul province, Kucukcekmece district. The descriptive survey model was used in this study. The population of the study consists of primary school teachers and primary school administrators working in state primary school institutions that are affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Kucukcekmece district. The sample of the study consisted of 343 primary school teachers and 28 primary school administrators that were selected using the disproportionate element sampling method from 14 state primary schools among the primary school institutions located in Kucukcekmece district. The “Work Motivation Scale” was used in order to collect data in the study. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient of the work motivation scale was calculated as 0.897 in this study. SPSS 20.0 package software was used in the study. The average of the scores obtained by primary school teachers from the work motivation scale is Χ = 41.84, and the standard deviation is 10.32. The scores that can be obtained from the scale are between 18 and 90. Accordingly, scores between 18 and 42 were interpreted as the low level of motivation, scores between 43 and 66 were interpreted as the intermediate level of motivation, and scores between 67 and 90 were interpreted as the high level of motivation. In general, it can be said that the work motivation of primary school teachers is low. The average work motivation scores do not vary by gender, age and marital status. 

Keywords: work motivation, primary school teacher, primary school

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Relationship between Instructional Leadership of Headmaster and Work Discipline and Work Motivation and Academic Achievement in Primary School at Special Areas of Central Jakarta 

Eddi Supriadi1 & Hj. Abdul Raheem Bin Mohamad Yusof2

1 STAIS Lan Taboer, Jakarta, Indonesia 
2 UPSI Perak, Malaysia 
Correspondence: Eddi Supriadi, STAIS Lan Taboer, Jakarta, Indonesia. Tel: 21-46-83-4714. E-mail: esupriadi01@gmail.com 

Received: June 4, 2015                Accepted: June 12, 2015                Online Published: August 11, 2015 doi:10.5539/jel.v4n3p123            URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jel.v4n3p123 

Abstract
The study aimed to investigate the relationship between the instructional leadership of headmaster and the work discipline of teachers and the work motivation and the academic achievement of primary school students from Special Province of Central Jakarta. The research method will be done with quantitative research methods. The study uses data collection instruments of survey with the Likert scale, data research were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that there was a significant association the instructional leadership of headmasters, the work discipline of teachers with the work motivation and the academic achievement. The study shows that to improve academic achievement and work motivation with the improve instructional leadership of headmaster and the work discipline at Primary School Special Province of central Jakarta, It can be concluded that the factors that contribute to the academic achievement and the work motivation is leadership instructional headmaster and work discipline teachers.
Keywords: instructional leadership of headmaster, work discipline teachers, work motivation, academic achievement