The influence of workload, recognition, emotional management and self-esteem on job performances among primary school teacher in Alor Setar, Kedah

Ministry of Education has made some changes to the syllabus in school, the new system and syllabus that has been implemented this year more or less changed and affected the way teachers conducting their job. Hence, it increases teacher’s workload because they have to adapt and learn the new system and syllabus. Teachers also claimed that they have a high workload due
to because of the new policy that being implemented by the government. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between workload, recognition, emotional management and self-esteem towards job performance among primary school teachers in Alor Setar, Kedah. There are four variables that will be focused on which are, workload, recognition, emotional management and self-esteem. The questionnaire has 39 items that have used five-point Likert scale. Researcher used Statistics Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22 for analyses the data from the questionnaires. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and correlation coefficient analysis. The results showed that emotional management have a positive and significant relationship towards job performance. Meanwhile, workload was found have significant relationship towards job performance. In order to achieve high job performance, emotional
management and self-esteem skills need to be developed and improved by teachers through consistent and systematic approach. Lastly, limitations of the study and suggestions for future
research were also highlighted in the study.