Examination of the pattern of teachers' work stressors in relation to job satisfaction

• Main Author: Branko Slivar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Slovenian Psychologists' Association 2008-11-01
• Series: Psihološka Obzorja
• Subjects: stress; teachers; stressor patterns; sequential tree analysis
• Online Access: http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2008_3/slivar.pdf

Stress is affecting teachers in their daily work and is related to low job satisfaction, low work motivation, low affiliation to organization etc. The study explored not only the relationship between teacher stress and job satisfaction but also the structure of patterns between various teacher's work stressors and particular elements of job satisfaction. In order to develop better understanding of the nature of the stressor experience, a study was undertaken to explore the stressor-job satisfaction relationship using sequential tree analysis. The study included 442 primary school teachers and 191 gymnasium school teachers. Results showed that different stressor patterns were associated with different levels of satisfaction and that there are differences in structure and in patterns of stressors among teachers from different types of schools.