| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to establish the factors influencing head teachers level of job satisfaction among public primary school in Kinangop district, Nyandarua County.The main objectives of the study were to:- identify the factors that contribute frequently to head teachers overall job satisfaction and job factors that affects Head teachers adversely, determine the degree of satisfaction among public primary schools head teachers, establish the extent of institutional factors like salary, work content, recognition, working environment and interpersonal relationship influence level of job satisfaction among public primary schools head teachers, find out the effect of individual factors like age, gender, marital status, academic qualification, job experience on their level of job satisfaction.
Research questions were formulated for each of the objectives of study. Literature was reviewed and subdivided into the concept of job satisfaction, theories of motivation and job satisfaction. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. Forty one, head teachers of public primary schools were targeted for the study. A sample of 40 head teachers, participated in the main study. The study adopted simple random sampling techniques. The study made the following findings:- The head teachers are dissatisfied with the job factor like remuneration, promotion, recognition and job security. It is apparent that the head teachers are insecure in their jobs.
It is recommended that the security of tenure of office for head teachers should be enhanced for the head teachers to satisfactorily perform their duties, to further improve overall job satisfaction among head teachers. It is recommended that the Ministry of Education through Teachers Service Commission (TSC) consider improving head teachers most dissatisfying factors like pay in both salary and allowances, recognize their work, promotions to be done according to merit.
In view of the delimitations of the study the researcher suggests further research to be carried out in private schools for comparison purposes, other neighbouring districts, rest of the country, finally other researches should be undertaken to improve on the findings and recommendations arising from this study to facilitate better understanding of the issues that affect head teachers.
The success of primary education will depend on how head teachers are motivated to take up their work further investigation should be carried out to explore challenges affecting job satisfaction among public primary school head teachers especially on salary, recognition, promotion e.t.c which have a major issues of dissatisfaction. Data was analyzed using statistical and descriptive survey method together with statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). | en_US |
