Kajian mengenai kesan beban kerja terhadap kepuasan dalam kalangan guru Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bakar Arang, Sungai Petani, Kedah Darul Aman

The main objective of this study was to find out significant correlation between teachers job satisfaction against work load in Sekolah Menengah Bakar Arang in Kuala Muda Yan district, Kedah. The study was carried out on workload of the teachers based on time spent on carrying routine and seasonal academic or
non-academic work. This study was also carried out to investigate any significant correlation between job satisfaction with demographical factors such as age and teaching experience. The correlation between the gender and academic
qualification against job satisfaction was also evaluated in this research. The study was conducted in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bakar Arang, in Kuala Muda Yan district. All the 94 teachers from the school were selected for the study in which only 84 answered the questionnaires. In this study, the first and second question was tested using Pearson Correlation. T-test was used to analyze the third question and Anova test was used to analyze the fourth question. The results have
shown that: (i) There was no significant correlation between workload and job
satisfaction, (ii) There was a negative significant between age and job satisfaction
but no significant correlation was calculated between age and job satisfaction (iii) There was no significant differences between job satisfaction and gender and (iv) there was no significant difference between teachers academic qualification and job satisfaction. From the findings, it can be concluded that high level workload related to non academic affairs led to less job satisfaction among the teachers in Sekolah Menengah Bakar Arang in Sungai Petani, Kedah. Based on the study, it
was also found that higher job satisfaction can be observed among the senior teachers. Some suggestion for future research was also forwarded based on the field involved