WORKLOAD AND JOB SATISFACTION REVISITED AMONG PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN NAKURU WEST SUB COUNTY, KENYA
Authors:
Tallam Maldrine, Henry K. Kiplangat
Abstract:
The performance of teachers in secondary schools is significantly dependent on their satisfaction with the job, consequently influencing how students perform. However, with the surge in the number of pupils especially in public secondary schools after the introduction of Subsidized Secondary Education (SSE), there has been a challenge in determining how much work one teacher ought to handle to equally meet the students’ needs. This paper establishes how teachers’ workload influences job satisfaction. The study’s focus was on public secondary schools in Nakuru County. The study adopted a descriptive research design with a target population of 326 teachers drawn from 9 public secondary school teachers in Nakuru West Sub County. A sample size of 150 respondents was then obtained using stratified random sampling. Structured questionnaire guide was used for data collection and was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The study established that workload (? = 0.108, p = 0.025 < p ? 0.05) significantly influenced job satisfaction among public secondary school teachers in Nakuru West Sub County, Kenya. The study further recommends that the school’s management explore ways through which they can reduce the teacher’s workload and make them happier and more satisfied with their work.