Quest Journals Journal of Research in Business and Management Volume 5 ~ Issue 2(2017) pp: 24-39 ISSN(Online) : 2347-3002 www.questjournals.org Research Paper
Motivation, Satisfaction and Performance of College Teachers and Administrators of Western Leyte College: A Development Plan ROSALIE R. MUERTIGUE Received 16 Dec, 2016; Accepted 12 Apr, 2017 © The author(s) 2017. Published with open access at www.questjournals.org ABSTRACT: The study focused on the motivation, satisfaction and performance of college teachers and administrators of Western Leyte College, Ormoc City for school year 2012-13. The findings of the study were the bases for a proposed development plan. The study utilized the descriptive method of research which determined the motivation, satisfaction and performance of college teachers and administrators. The research study correlated the motivation, satisfaction on the performance of college teachers and administrators. A validated instrument for motivation and satisfaction was utilized by the researcher and Western Leyte College performance indicators was used to determine the extent of performance of college teachers and administrators. The data shows that the level of motivation among college teachers is moderate. In terms of motivation level of administrators, the data shows that they have a moderate level of motivation. Based on the data, the satisfaction level of college teachers gained an average weighted mean of 3.26 described as moderate. In terms of satisfaction level of administrators the data shows that their satisfaction level as evidenced on the data presented is moderate. In terms of motivation level and performance of college teachers, it can be inferred from the results that there is a significant relationship between motivation and teacher’s performance. The result implies that motivation level of teachers have a significant bearing on their performance in teaching. Based on two indicators, the motivation level and performance of teachers, the null hypothesis is rejected. This implies further, that there is a significant relationship between motivation and performance of the college teachers. In terms of satisfaction level and performance of college teachers, the null hypothesis was rejected. It can be inferred from the results that there is a strong correlation between satisfaction and performance of college teachers. The motivation and satisfaction level of both college teachers and administrators are moderate. In terms of performance, the college teachers are performing well in their teaching profession, however, the administrators gained a fair performance. There is significant relationship on motivation, satisfaction and performance of college teachers and administrators. KEYWORDS: Motivation, Performance, Satisfaction, Development, Plan
I. I-INTRODUCTION Motivation is a company’s life-blood (Sharma, 2006). Motivation is the force that makes people chooses a particular job, stay with that job and work hard in that job. According to (Locke1969) total job satisfaction is the pleasurable emotional state resulting for the appraisal of one’s job achieving or facilitating one’s value. The relevance of job satisfaction and motivation are very crucial to the long-term growth of any educational system around the world. Motivation is the key to performance improvement, there is an old saying you can take a horse to the water but you cannot force it to drink, it will drink only if it’s thirsty, so with people. Increased job satisfaction does not necessarily mean increased job performance .If the goals of the organization are not aligned with the goals of employees; the employees are not effectively working toward the mission of the organization. Significantly job satisfaction and motivation are very essential to the continuing growth of educational systems around the world and they rank alongside professional knowledge and skills, center competencies, educational resources as well as strategies, in genuinely determining educational success and performance. The educational scenario in Western Leyte College of Ormoc City shows that the teacher undergoes so many strains and stresses in the discharge of his duties and responsibilities. It is possible that an employee may display low motivation from the organization’s perspective yet enjoy every aspect of the job. This state represents high motivation. Satisfied worker, at all organizational levels are important contributors to an organization’s effectiveness and ultimately to long-term success. Conversely, dissatisfied workers are implicitly thought to make less of a contribution to the organization. Employee performance is a very important concern *Corresponding Author: ROSALIE R. MUERTIGUE1
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