The prediction of job satisfaction

Work satisfaction and the ESL profession

“…Porter's findings are mirrored in those of Inkeles (1960), who compared the responses of professionals and unskilled labourers in the US and the USSR, uncovering a strong desire among the professionals, but not the non-professionals, in both countries for opportunities for stimulation, challenge, and self-expression. These findings are probably related to the differences in expectations which define, in the terms used by Frances & Lebras (1982), a higher aspiration level for professionals that may predict to a lower adaptation level. Bradburn & Noll (1969) found a strong association between the job satisfaction of professionals and their general psychological well-being.…”

“…A largescale US survey conducted in 1973 by Quinn et al which indicated little change from a 1969-1970 survey, found greater overall work satisfaction among college graduates and professionals than among other workers. Conversely, the Frances & Lebras (1982) study, which employed the JDI with a group of 90 French female employees, all secretaries, obtained negative correlations between the job satisfaction scales and the education level of respondents, demonstrating that higher qualifications need to be matched by greater challenge and responsibility if educated employees are to be satisfied with their jobs.…”

“…between the teachers in Wales and those in Alaska. The Pennington & Riley (1991b) JDI study also makes comparisons of the data for the ESL group to that reported for female employees by Smith et al (1975) for the US and by Frances & Lebras (1982) for France, finding again that Co-workers is the most satisfactory item for all groups. In other respects, however, these female employee groups are less similar to each other than are the four educator groups.…”

“…Job tenure is also a factor that clearly relates to job satisfaction, as documented by research in the US (Lofquist & Dawis, 1984) and France (Frances & Lebras, 1982).…”

A Humanistic Model for the Higher Education Excellence: Embedding Confucianism and Islamic Principles

“…Maslow's (1954) needs theory raised the question as to whether people's needs would be met by choosing careers, which related to job satisfaction. The absence of three higher-order needs (self-esteem, autonomy, and self-actualization) was shown to be a major contributor to low teacher satisfaction (Carver & Sergiovanni, 1971;Frances & Lebras, 1982;Sweeney, 1981;Trusty & Sergiovanni, 1966).…”