Abstract :
In this study, the teachers’ perceptions about their job satisfaction level and individual performance, and the relationship between these two variables were examined. Teachers who are working in public high schools during 2014-2015 academic year in Merkezefendi and Pamukkale districts of Denizli province constituted the population of the study. Determining with proportional cluster sampling, 370 teachers were included in the sample of the study. The data of the research were gathered with “Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire” developed by Weiss, Davis, England and Lofguist (1967) and adapted into Turkish by Baycan (1985) and “Self-Reported Individual Performance Scale” developed by Staples, Hulland and Higgings (1999) and revised by Rego and Cunha (2008) and adapted to Turkish by Donmez (2014). The data was analyzed by using the methods of the arithmetic mean, t test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation, linear regression analysis The results of the study indicated that teachers respond as “satisfied” level for the items about intrinsic and general satisfaction; “nor agree or disagree” for the items about extrinsic satisfaction and “agree” for the items about individual performance. It was also found that there is a low but significant positive relationship between the job satisfaction and the individual performance, and general job satisfaction significantly predict the individual performance of teachers.
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Job Satisfaction , Intrinsic Satisfaction , Extrinsic Satisfaction , Individual Performance , Teacher.
