Teachers' Job Satisfaction: Religious and Secular Schools in Israel

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  • Author(s): Rinat Arviv Elyashiv; Gavriel Hanuka
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    British Journal of Religious Education. 2024 46(4):354-369.
  • Publication Date:
    2024
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      16
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Elementary Education
      Kindergarten
      Primary Education
      Elementary Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Job Satisfaction; Judaism; Jews; Social Emotional Learning; Teacher Motivation; Religious Schools; Institutional Characteristics; Public Schools; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Student Relationship; Grades (Scholastic); Foreign Countries; Teacher Shortage; Faculty Mobility; Correlation; Social Values; Self Efficacy; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Israel
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/01416200.2024.2367197
    • ISSN:
      0141-6200
      1740-7931
    • Abstract:
      Teacher attrition and shortages have become a challenge worldwide. These phenomena diminish when teachers feel satisfied with their job. This study aimed to examine the relationship between teachers' intrinsic motivations and job satisfaction in religious and secular schools. A questionnaire was administered to 759 teachers in the Israeli Jewish sector. The results show that teachers in each sector highlighted different motivational factors as a basis for fostering job-satisfaction. Providing students with social-emotional support was associated with greater satisfaction among teachers in the religious schools, while transmitting general and civic values was linked to satisfaction in the secular schools. Encouraging students to pursue high grades negatively affected job satisfaction only in the secular sector. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1441206