TY - JOUR
T1 - Job satisfaction variance among public and private kindergarten school teachers in Cyprus
AU - Papanastasiou, Elena C.
AU - Zembylas, Michalinos
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The main purpose of this study is to compare the differences in job satisfaction among public and private kindergarten school teachers in Cyprus. These comparisons take place from the perspectives of the teachers themselves and how they evaluate the working conditions in their own schools. More specifically, a series of three logistic regressions and a MANOVA were performed to predict whether the teachers are employed in private or public schools based on (a) the motivational factors that influenced them to enter the teaching profession, (b) their satisfaction with their working conditions, (c) the status and recognition that they receive, and (d) their satisfaction with the work of educational boards and associations. The results are interpreted in the context of how a country's cultural, social, and economic structures contribute to the development of particular forms of private/public schooling and the ways in which these structures seem to influence teacher job satisfaction.
AB - The main purpose of this study is to compare the differences in job satisfaction among public and private kindergarten school teachers in Cyprus. These comparisons take place from the perspectives of the teachers themselves and how they evaluate the working conditions in their own schools. More specifically, a series of three logistic regressions and a MANOVA were performed to predict whether the teachers are employed in private or public schools based on (a) the motivational factors that influenced them to enter the teaching profession, (b) their satisfaction with their working conditions, (c) the status and recognition that they receive, and (d) their satisfaction with the work of educational boards and associations. The results are interpreted in the context of how a country's cultural, social, and economic structures contribute to the development of particular forms of private/public schooling and the ways in which these structures seem to influence teacher job satisfaction.
KW - Developing countries
KW - Kindergartens
KW - Private schools
KW - Public schools
KW - Teacher job satisfaction
KW - Teacher motivation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33746793701&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.06.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746793701
SN - 0883-0355
VL - 43
SP - 147
EP - 167
JO - International Journal of Educational Research
JF - International Journal of Educational Research
IS - 3
ER -