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Comparing Perceptions of Public versus Government School Teachers towards Job Satisfaction at District Malakand

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  • Asghar Ali

    (Assistant Professor,Department of Education,University of Malakand, Chakdara, Dir (L), Pakistan.)

  • Iqbal Ahmad

    (Lecturer,Department of Education,University of Malakand, Chakdara, Dir (L), Pakistan.)

  • M. Anees-ul-Husnain Shah

    (Assistant Professor, University of Education,D.G Khan Campus, Punjab,Pakistan.)

Abstract

Many studies have been carried out on the job satisfaction of employees at various organizational levels all over the world. However, little is known about the government versus private schools in district Malakand Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This study compares the perceptions of private versus government school teachers job satisfaction related to its six component i.e, pay and promotion, job security, workload, supervision, work condition and nature of work. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The data were collected from 100 teachers both public and private schools on a convenient sample basis. This study showed that there was a significant difference among the job satisfaction level of teachers in private versus public schools on the job satisfaction scale. the results of the study showed that government school teachers were more satisfied with their jobs than the privately run school teachers on most of the dimensions of the scale.

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  • Asghar Ali & Iqbal Ahmad & M. Anees-ul-Husnain Shah, 2016. "Comparing Perceptions of Public versus Government School Teachers towards Job Satisfaction at District Malakand," Global Regional Review, Humanity Only, vol. 1(1), pages 285-298, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:aaw:grrjrn:v:1:y:2016:i:1:p:285-298
    DOI: 10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).22
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