رابطة ويژگيهاي شخصيتي معلمان با رضايت شغلي آنان در سه مقطع تحصيلي ابتدايي، راهنمايي و متوسطه در شهرستان مسجدسليمان

A Study of Correlations Between Teachers1 Personality Charactersitics and Job Satisfaction In Masgedsoleiman in 1383-84 Academic Year

The main purpose of the present research was to evaluate the relationship between personality characteristics and job satisfaction. In this research three personality characteristics (introversion, extroversion and neuroticism) with five aspects of job satisfaction (principalship, organizational climate, economical situations, job development and work environment) were under study. The population consisted of all elementaiy, Junior high school and high school teachers of Masjed Soleiman. (1496 Person) The research method used correlation which is a category of descriptive survey research. A sample size of (230 person) was randomly selected from among the whole population. The instrument ot this study was the Eysenc Personality Test and job satisfaction researcher-made questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaires was estimated at 0.87 for the personality characteristics and 0.85 for job satisfaction, using Cronbach alpha coefficient. The results showed that the most satisfaction was in the economical domain. The increase in teachers1 introversion personality characteristic results in decreased job satisfaction and work environment situations. There is a paradox relationship between extroversion and work environment situations. There was also a significant difference between demographic factors and job satisfaction and no significant difference was observed between demographic factors and personality characteristics with respect to degree, age groups, sex and marital status except in neuroticism aspectin the junior high school and high school. Male teachers are more neurotic than women teachers.