The Analysis of Factors and Levels Associated with Lecturers' Motivation and Job Satisfaction in University of Rwanda

Autor/inn/en	Munyengabe, Sylvestre; He, Haiyan; Yiyi, Zhao
Titel	The Analysis of Factors and Levels Associated with Lecturers' Motivation and Job Satisfaction in University of Rwanda
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 7 (2016) 30, S.188-200 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Teacher Attitudes; Job Satisfaction; Teacher Motivation; Teacher Salaries; Classroom Environment; Teaching Conditions; Rewards; Faculty Workload; Stress Variables; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Case Studies; Internet; Questionnaires; Incentives; Faculty Promotion; Social Influences; Peer Relationship; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Content Validity; Rwanda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Lehrerverhalten; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Reward; Belohnung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fragebogen; Anreiz; Sozialer Einfluss; Peer-Beziehungen; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Ruanda
Abstract	It is difficult to expect good performance of students in universities without having a motivated lecturing staff. The study aimed to correlate the levels of lecturers' motivation and job satisfaction and find out factors associated with. A cross-sectional study was conducted between February and April 2016. Structured online questionnaires of the content validity index of 0.9625 for Lecturers' motivation and job satisfaction were used for data collection. Seventy Lecturers from university of Rwanda participated in study. Collected data were organized and encoded into computer using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) 19th version. Frequencies, percentages, means and Pearson' Linear Correlation Coefficient were used to analyze data. Means were interpreted as poor, fair, satisfactory and very satisfactory. Lecturers' motivation was fair and firstly affected by salary, classroom environment, incentives &promotions, code of conduct, social factors and cheer love of career. Job satisfaction was fair and highly affected by working conditions, financial rewards, workload and stress level, relation with supervisors, opportunity for advancement and respect co-workers. The correlation between levels of lecturers' motivation and job satisfaction was significant with positive relationship of 82.1%. Lecturers' Motivation and Job satisfaction were found to be low; all analyzed factors would be taken into consideration. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01