Job Satisfaction and Teacher Turnover Intentions in Malawi: A Quantitative Assessment. Issue 2 (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kafumbu, Fatsani Thomas
• Is Part Of: International journal of educational reform. Volume 28:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 207
• Page End: 226
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: job satisfaction -- turnover intention -- teacher motivation -- education; Educational change -- Periodicals; Educational change -- United States -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Periodicals; Education and state -- United States -- Periodicals; Education, Secondary -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 379
• DOI: 10.1177/1056787919841501
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2631-9675

Abstract

This study aimed at uncovering the link between levels of job satisfaction with turnover intentions among teachers with the aim of broadening the knowledge base with regard to teachers' welfare in public secondary schools in Malawi. In the empirical investigation, a correlational-analytic design was used. The stratified random sample consisted of 120 secondary school teachers and it was found that most teachers had a moderate level of satisfaction with their work. Furthermore, it was found that job satisfaction among teachers was related to their turnover intentions and that demographics had a significant influence on this relationship except for school type.