Motivation Factors and Satisfaction of Teachers in Southern Thailand

The purpose of this independent study was to analyze the motivation and satisfaction of teacher to be employed under the Office of Private Education in Yala province, Southern Part of Thailand. This study was carried out by sending questionnaires to 332 teachers in selected schools in Yala province, Southern Thailand. The questionnaire was designed to gather information on the motivating factors for teachers that influenced them to stay employed under the private Educational System. The respondents were asked to rank the motivating factors in terms of the significance and satisfaction by using the Hertzberg’s Two Factors Theory. The two factors were motivation factors and hygiene factor. The data were analyzed using statistical analysis such as obtaining the percentage, mean, standard deviation, alpha coefficient and t-test. In addition to that, the analysis of data shall also employ the use of statistics SPSS for Windows program.