| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate institutional factors influencing job satisfaction among teachers in public primary schools in Kasarani District of Nairobi County. The objectives of the study were to determine the extent to which working conditions, current salaries and promotion prospects influence primary school teachers‟ job satisfaction. It also sought to establish the influence of involving primary school teachers in decision making on their job satisfaction in Kasarani District, Kenya. The study used descriptive survey design in which it targeting 25 headteachers and 360 teachers in Kasarani district. Purposive sampling was used to select 15 headteachers and simple random sampling was used to select 108 teachers. This resulted into a sample size of 123 respondents. The data was collected by use of two sets of questionnaires one for the headteachers and another for the teachers which were self administered by the researcher. Data was analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics such as the frequencies and percentages and presentation done in tables, charts and graphs. The qualitative data was analysed using content analysis in which the data was categorized thematically in a way that they addressed the objectives of the study. The study established that the working conditions such as proper classroom ventilation, work pressure and provision of working materials negatively influenced the employee job satisfaction as crosstabulation showed that even though slightly more teacher respondents (43% as compared to 40% not motivated) were motivated with the working conditions majority (76%) were not satisfied with their jobs. The study also established that the current salaries negatively influenced the respondents‟ job satisfaction. This is due to the fact that 91% of the teacher respondents were not satisfied with their current sararies, majority (76%) was also not satisfied with their jobs. The promotion prospects equally negatively influenced the employee satisfaction as according to the cross tabulation showed that 62% of the teachers indicated that promotional chances were not equal and majority again (76%) were not satisfied with job. Finally, the study established that decision making was only for the management and this affected the employee satisfaction as they were never involved in the decision making process. The study showed that most of the teacher respondents (59%) indicated that their contributions in decision making were never sought and majority also were not satisfied with their jobs. The study concluded that the working conditions, current salaries, promotion prospects and involvement in decision making in the school influenced the teachers‟ job satisfaction. The study recommended that the management through the friends of the school should better the working condition for the teachers as an incentive to motivate them, the government through the Ministry of Education and the Teachers Service Commission should remunerate teachers according to their tasks and also as a strategy to motivate the teachers to improve their job satisfaction. The TSC should give promotion on merit to teachers and performance and the management should delegate some of the duties to the teachers so as to boost their job satisfaction. | en_US |
