Abstract:
Each of the forty Toronto Board of Education behavioural
teachers was matched as closely as possible .with a regular
cIassroom teacher from the same schooI, 0f the same sex, and
teaching approxiately the same age group of chiIdren. A II of
these teachers were sent a questionnaire (based on Herzberg's
model) whose content reflected various aspects of job satisfaction
or dissatisfaction. Demographic data was also gathered to be used
in the study for examining correlations between satisfaction and
various factors . T 10 additional questions were asked regarding
factors that IOU Id influence the i r staying or Ieaving and one
question was asked about lIerit pay .
Chi Square tests and t-tests were conducted on the
results. The majority of each group of teachers was very satisfied
with their job while the behavioural teachers were significantly
more satisfied than the regular teachers. Intrinsic factors played
a more signi ficant role than did extrinsic ones. The demographic
factors couId be found to be predictors of job satisfaction or
dissatisfaction.
