The satisfaction of being a teacher: a correlational type study

  • Jorge Ariel Franco-López Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano
  • Hernán Lopez-Arellano Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana
  • Diana Arango-Botero Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano
Keywords: job satisfaction, teachers, teacher retention, wages

Abstract

The article aims to identify the relationship between teacher satisfaction and factors such as salary, personal growth, work environment, intrinsic value, and social recognition. The method used in the research was structural equations, where both the measurement model (items-construct relationship) and the structural model (the relationship between constructs) had to be evaluated. In total, 484 questionnaires were collected from higher education teachers in nine different cities within our country. The main finding of the study was, factors such as salary, intrinsic value, and social recognition have a positive correlation with teacher satisfaction in the performance of his work.

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Jorge Ariel Franco-López, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano

MBA por la Universidad de Medellín, Economista y Sociólogo por la Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana. Docente tiempo completo e investigador del Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano Grupo de investigación Ciencias Administrativas. ORCID 0000-0002-0507-2914

Hernán Lopez-Arellano, Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana

Magister en Ciencias de la Organización y Administrador de Empresas por la Universidad del Valle (Colombia). Docente tiempo completo e investigador de la Facultad de Administración de Empresas y líder del Grupo de Investigación en Organizaciones Kabai. ORCID 0000-0002-2575-9641

 

Diana Arango-Botero, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano

Master en Estadística, Ingeniera Administrativa. Docente tiempo completo e investigador del Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano miembro Grupo de investigación Ciencias Administrativas. ORCID 0000-0002-5184-943X

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Published
2020-01-10
How to Cite
Franco-López J. A., Lopez-Arellano H. y Arango-Botero D. (2020). The satisfaction of being a teacher: a correlational type study. Revista Complutense de Educación, 31(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.5209/rced.61775
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