Organizational Climate and Teachers' Job Satisfaction in Residential and Non Residential Schools. By
BP ONG
OCTOBER 1997
Chairperson : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aminah Ahmad
Faculty : Department of Extension Education
Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
The usefulness of teacher perceptual data in school organizational climate and job satisfaction research was illustrated by a study of two selected residential and two non- residential schools in Kuala Lumpur. Seven school climate dimensions of mission and goal consensus, empowerment, student support, affiliation, professional interest, resource adequacy and work pressure were assessed by seventy teachers from residential schools and sixty four teachers from non residential schools. Comparisons of school climate in the selected residential and non residential schools revealed statistically significant difference on six dimensions, namely mission and goal consensus, empowerment, student support, affiliation, professional interest and resource adequacy. Teachers in the selected residential schools perceived more positive school environments compared with teachers in the selected non- residential schools.
The selected schools teachers’ job satisfactions were determined by two separate measures of facet specific and facet free job satisfaction. Comparisons of teachers’ facet specific job satisfaction in residential and non-residential schools revealed no statistically significant difference on teachers’ intrinsic, extrinsic and social satisfaction. Nevertheless, comparisons of teachers’ facet free job satisfaction in residential and non residential schools revealed statistically significant difference on all the five global measures of occupation satisfaction, occupation expectation satisfaction, present job satisfaction, re-entry and optional retirement decision. Teachers in residential schools were found to be more satisfied with their facet free overall job