Factors associated with work attitudes among secondary school teachers
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1998-07
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Mooi Yoke, Tan
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships of work attitudes with intrinsic
motivators, extrinsic motivators and religiosity among secondary school teachers. Four
personal demographic characteristics (gender, age, marital status and teacher category) were
investigated to determine whether they moderate the relationships between work attitudes and
the three independent variables mentioned above. A multi-item bilingual questionnaire,
patterned after accepted questionnaire items by experts was used to measure the variables of
this study. Three hundred and twelve (312) teachers from eighteen secondary schools in the
Georgetown area of Penang who participated in this study were selected through proportionate
stratified random sampling.
The major findings of the study showed that work attitudes is positively and significantly
related to intrinsic motivators, extrinsic motivators and religiosity. These three independent
variables significantly and collectively explained 22.74% of the variance in work attitudes.
hrtrinsic motivators was found to be the best predictor for work attitudes, followed by
religiosity and lastly, extrinsic motivators. This also implied that intrinsic motivators is a
better predictor of work attitudes than extrinsic motivators. Personal demographic
characteristics along gender, marital status and teacher category did not appear to moderate the
relationships between work attitudes and the three independent variables mentioned above but
age was found to moderate the relationships between intrinsic motivators and work attitudes as
well as religiosity with work attitudes. There is no significant difference in the work attitudes
between (i) male and female teachers; and (ii) single and married teachers. However, there is a
significant difference in the work attitudes between graduate and non-graduate teachers.
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Management