Analyzing the Role of Motivation Factors in Herzbergs Theory on Teachers Job Satisfaction (Case Study: Elementary Schools in Talesh City)

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyzing the role of motivation factors in Herzbergs theory on teachers job satisfaction. Methods: The population of this study consisted of elementary school teachers in Talesh city (N=850), that 265 of them selected as the sample by using the systematic random sampling. The data collection tool was questionnaire that it’s face and content validity from different sectors were approved by panel of experts and thats reliability approved by using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (á = 0.78). Results of descriptive statistics showed that teachers jobsatisfaction in general were in the low level (36.2 percent). Results: Results of correlation coefficient indicated that there was a significant and positive correlationbetween job satisfaction and job feedback, job characteristics, opportunities for advancement, appreciation and recognition, training and development andresponsibility. Results of stepwise multiple regressions showed that appreciation and recognition, job characteristic, job feedback and opportunities for advancement variables in four steps entered into the regression equation and were explained 69/6% of job satisfaction variance.

کلیدواژه ها:

Job satisfaction ، Work motivation ، Talesh City ، Herzberg theory