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Teacher Motivation and Self-Concept as Factors Promoting Quality Job Satisfaction in Selected Secondary Schools in Cross River State, Nigeria
Subject area: Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities · Area of research: Education
Abstract
To promote quality job satisfaction, organisations are expected to foster a supportive environment by providing competitive compensation and benefits, ensuring job security, offering opportunities for professional development, and implementing flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance. This underscores why the study on motivation and self-concept as factors promoting quality job satisfaction. The study examined some pertinent indicators of motivation and self-concept as factors promoting quality job satisfaction. The study established the fact that motivation and a positive self-concept are significant factors that promote quality job satisfaction, with motivation directly fueling the drive to achieve goals and self-concept fostering feelings of competence and worth, which in turn increases the likelihood of experiencing satisfaction with an individual's work. Finally, motivated employees and those with a strong, positive view of themselves are more likely to engage in their work, perform better, and feel a greater sense of fulfilment and accomplishment, ultimately leading to higher job satisfaction.
Keywords
Motivation, Self-Concept, Quality & Job Satisfaction
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How to cite this paper
@article{1710665,
author = {Dr. Martha Daniel Ekpe},
title = {Teacher Motivation and Self-Concept as Factors Promoting Quality Job Satisfaction in Selected Secondary Schools in Cross River State, Nigeria},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2020},
volume = {4},
number = {5},
pages = {309-314},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1710665.pdf},
abstract = {To promote quality job satisfaction, organisations are expected to foster a supportive environment by providing competitive compensation and benefits, ensuring job security, offering opportunities for professional development, and implementing flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance. This underscores why the study on motivation and self-concept as factors promoting quality job satisfaction. The study examined some pertinent indicators of motivation and self-concept as factors promoting quality job satisfaction. The study established the fact that motivation and a positive self-concept are significant factors that promote quality job satisfaction, with motivation directly fueling the drive to achieve goals and self-concept fostering feelings of competence and worth, which in turn increases the likelihood of experiencing satisfaction with an individual's work. Finally, motivated employees and those with a strong, positive view of themselves are more likely to engage in their work, perform better, and feel a greater sense of fulfilment and accomplishment, ultimately leading to higher job satisfaction.},
keywords = {Motivation, Self-Concept, Quality & Job Satisfaction},
month = {November},
}