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The relationship between job satisfaction and teacher retention among Iranian high school teachers

Ayoob Ebrahimi

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to examine high school teachers’ job satisfaction and its impact on teacher retention in the independent school. The present study was done among the high school students in Shahre-Ray, Iran.87 full-time English teachers who were distributed throughout the lower, middle, and upper school divisions were selected. Participants included 69 females and 18 males representing. Osborne & Reiman’s (2005) teacher retention questionnaire and Smith’s job satisfaction questionnaire (1969) were used to measure the variables. Data from the survey instrument incorporated the use of the Likert Scale. The result of analysis confirmed the significant correlation between the subscales of two variables. The findings of this study can be used by language teachers and researchers in the field.


Keywords


Job Satisfaction, Teacher Retention

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