Factors Affecting English Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Ilam, Iran

Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies

مقاله 3، دوره 3، شماره 3، اردیبهشت 2015، صفحه 33-52   

نویسنده

Abdoreza Khorrami

Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch

چکیده

This study intended to explore English teachers’ job satisfaction in Ilam Province in the west of Iran. To do so, a quantitative approach including teacher job satisfaction survey aimed at gathering personal information (demographics) and teacher job satisfaction questionnaire, the purpose of which was to gather teachers’ attitudes toward their profession, was used. Two-hundred English teachers in Ilam province responded the questionnaires. The gathered data were classified and analyzed via SPSS software (version 18.00) conducting independent samples t-tests and one-way MANOVA techniques. The results indicated that that students’ level of IQ and numbers of students in each class are important variables that affect level of job satisfaction of EFL teachers in Ilam province. But the results revealed that teachers' experience, teachers' school type, and teachers' level of education do not affect level of job satisfaction of EFL teachers in Ilam province.

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