ANALYZING JOB MOTIVATION OF TEACHERS IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES

The aim of this research is to analyze primary school teacher’s perceptions about job motivation in terms of different variables. This is a descriptive research in the survey model. The population of the study is teachers who work in primary schools in Kastamonu and the sample is 262 teachers who work in primary schools in Kastamonu central province chozen by random sampling method. As a data collection instrument “Job motivation scale” developed by Aksoy (2006) was used. SPSS 11.5 program was used in data analysis. As a conclusion, motivation of teachers in primary schools shows a significant difference in terms of age and years in profession while motivation of teachers do not show a significant difference in terms of teachers’ gender, education status, branch, and years in current school.