Kepuasan Kerja Di Kalangan Guru-Guru Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Di Negeri Kelantan

The purpose of this study was to determine : a) the overall job satisfaction among the National Type Chinese Primary School teachers in the state of Kelantan; b)whether there were significant differences on job satisfaction based on demographic characteristics along sex, level of education, grade/size of school and job experience; c) the correlation between motivator and hygiene factors with job satisfaction; d) whether motivator and hygiene factors will significantly explain the variance in job satisfaction and e) the best predictor for job satisfaction. The instrument used in this study was based on the questionnaires developed by Brafield-Rothe (1951) and also from the Faculty Opinion Survey Questionnaire by Seegmiller (1977), which were translated into Bahasa Malaysia. The sample for this study consisted of 198 primary school teachers comprising 28 males and 170 females who were teaching at ten selected National Type Chinese Primary School in the state of Kelantan. The
results of this study can be summed up as follows: a) the majority ( 92.9% ) of the National Type Chinese Primary School teachers had moderate overall job satisfaction, b) there were no significant differences between job satisfaction and demographic characteristics along sex,
level of education and job experience, c) there were significant differences between job satisfaction and grade/size of school, d) job satisfaction is positively and significantly correlated with motivator and hygiene factors, e) all the elements of motivator factor were
positively and significantly correlated with job satisfaction, f) all the elements of hygiene factor were positively and significantly correlated with job satisfaction, g) motivator and hygiene factors significantly explained the variance in job satisfaction and h) supervision as the element of hygiene factor emerged as the best predictor for job satisfaction.