Job Satisfaction, Work Environment and Work Performance amongst Secondary School Teachers in the Central Region of Botswana

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how the level of positions held by public secondary school teachers in the Central region of Botswana influence their; salaries, job satisfaction, work environment, and promotion opportunities. The study was mainly quantitative and the positivist inquiry model was used, as a result, the data was collected using a questionnaire. The data was then analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and presented by means of inferential statistics by conducting One-way Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and One-Sample t-Tests. The study revealed that the level of positions held by public secondary school teachers in the Central region of Botswana significantly influence their; salaries, job satisfaction, the work environment, and the promotion opportunities. The study, therefore, recommends that the government should review the teachers’ salaries, offer an attractive salary scheme and introduce a flexible promotion policy.

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Job satisfaction, Work environment, Promotion opportunities

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Fetogang, E. B, Job Satisfaction, Work Environment and Work Performance amongst Secondary School Teachers in the Central Region of Botswana, American Based Research Journal 05(2019):01-15 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3456913