Work Environment, Attitude, and Interpersonal Relationships as Predictors of Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Public Primary Schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorDavid Kariukien_US
dc.contributor.authorKirimi, Stella Kanyiri
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T07:36:53Z
dc.date.available2024-02-01T07:36:53Z
dc.date.issued2023-11
dc.descriptionA Research Project Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of A Degree of Master of Education (Educational Psychology) in the School of Education, Kenyatta University, November 2023.en_US
dc.description.abstractJob dissatisfaction has persistently been reported among teachers in Kenya. In Nairobi City County specifically, over 70% of primary school teachers have generally indicated dissatisfaction with various aspects of their job. This has remained a threat to students, teachers, and the education sector in general due to the associated negative outcomes. To provide the solution, teachers’ job satisfaction has been extensively investigated. However, limited attention has been accorded on factors predicting job satisfaction among teachers in public primary schools in Nairobi City County which is the problem explored this study. The examined work environment, work attitude and interpersonal relationships and their predictive effects on job satisfaction among this category of teachers. This study used Herzberg’s motivation theory (1994) and it was correlational in nature. The study targeted 4108 teachers from all the 205 public primary schools in Nairobi City County. The sample of 165 teachers was drawn from the accessible population of 290 teachers in all the 27 public primary schools in Westlands . The respondents provided primary data by filling in the questionnaires. Piloting of the questionnaires involved 30 teachers drawn from one primary school in Westlands . These teachers were left out during the main study. Analysis involved the reporting of descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The results established a positive and significant relationship between work environment and teachers’ job satisfaction (r (155) = 0.11, p < .03 whereas teachers’ work attitude had a negative and significant relationship with job satisfaction (r (155) = -.17, p = .04). Interpersonal relationship was also found to be related positively and significantly to teachers’ job satisfaction (r (155) = .19, p > .02). Finally, regression results showed that though work attitude contributed negatively to teachers’ job satisfaction, it was the most significant predictor (t (155) = -2.86, p = .00) followed by interpersonal relationships (t (155) = 2.67 & p = .00). Work environment had the least predictive effects on teachers’ job satisfaction. (t (155) = 1.51, p =.03. The three predictors jointly predicted teachers’ job satisfaction significantly (F (3, 151) = 5.05, p = .00). The study concluded that: First, teachers who reported to have favourable working environment were having high job satisfaction. Secondly, teachers with a positive work attitude at their place of work had low satisfaction with their teaching job. Thirdly, teachers with good and supportive relationships at their place of work are highly satisfied. The study recommends the Ministry of Education (MOE), Teachers Service Commission and School Boards of Management to improve work environment, work attitude and interpersonal relationships within the school set up. This may help to boost teachers’ feeling of satisfaction especially during this period of new curriculum implementation. The results of this study have been generalized to represent Nairobi City County as the target area. The results may also help the school principals in the County to adopt a positive attitude, maintain healthy interpersonal relationships and favourable work environment to increase job satisfaction.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/27371
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectWork Environmenten_US
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectInterpersonal Relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectPredictors of Teachersen_US
dc.subjectJob Satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectPublic Primary Schoolsen_US
dc.subjectNairobi City Countyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleWork Environment, Attitude, and Interpersonal Relationships as Predictors of Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Public Primary Schools in Nairobi City County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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