The relationship between job satisfaction and self-esteem in teachers: A case study in Aliabad University

Abstract

The main goal of this research is to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and job satisfaction of teachers in Aliabad University. For this purpose, 40 teachers were selected randomly. In this study, the measurement tools of job satisfaction was a measuring job satisfaction research questionnaire and Cooper Smith's measurement tool used for self-esteem. The reliability of job satisfaction questionnaire was 85% and the self-esteem was 80 % and their validity was confirmed by an expert. Statistical software SPSS was used for data analysis. To investigate the main hypothesis of study, Pearson correlation test was used, and for sub- test hypothesis, independent t-test was used. The results indicated that there is a significant difference between job satisfaction and self-esteem in Aliabad academic teachers. State teachers' job satisfaction was higher than those who are non-State. Finally, State teachers’ self esteam is higher than, those who are non-State.