THE STUDY OF MOTIVATION TO WORK, JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

ABSTRACT

The teacher’s role assumes great importance for the proper development of the nation. Only good, career-oriented, inspired, motivated and fully satisfied teacher can perform his/her task sincerely and truthfully. For producing good and effective teacher, teacher educators play a prominent role. Only fully content and motivated teacher educator imparts good and effective quality education to prospective teacher trainees. Effective motivation to work, job satisfaction and organizational climate of teacher educators are the major and probably the important factors in contributing quality education. This study was therefore meant to motivation to work, job satisfaction and organizational climate of colleges of education in relation to gender, type of institution and location. The present study was conducted on teacher educators in Colleges of Education of Haryana District by using Work Motivation Questionnaire (WMQ-A) developed by K.G. Agarwal (2012); Teacher’s Job Satisfaction Scale (TJSS) developed by Mudgil, Muber and Bhatia (2012); and Organizational Climate Inventory- Somnath Chattopadhyaya and K. G. Agarwal (Hindi/English). The present study resorted to Descriptive Survey Research Method. The data for the study was analyzed using multiple statistical procedures: mean, median, standard deviation, percentile, standard error, skewness, kurtosis, ANOVA, t-test of significance and coefficient of correlation. This study was anticipated to provide assistance to both policy makers and administrators in understanding the degree of influencing factors like gender, type of institution, location etc. on motivation to work, job satisfaction and organizational climate of teacher educators of colleges of education. Hence, this study was conducted with a hope to contribute by its findings to raise the quality teacher education programme and colleges of education also.

Teacher education is required for developing a purpose and for formation of a positive attitude for the profession. The success of the educational process relies to an immutable extent on the characteristics and competence of the teacher who is the corner stone of the arch of education. The expansion of teacher education was visualized in terms of quantitative and qualitative aspects. All the commissions and report emphasised on the quality of teachers in general and teacher educator in specific. At present teachers are not the mere propagators of information but facilitators in the path of students urge for more knowledge. 

Recognizing the significance of the insight of motivation to work, job satisfaction and organizational climate of teacher educators in enhancing the quality of teacher education programme, this study was executed with an intent to explore the status of teacher educators’ perception of motivation to work, job satisfaction and organizational climate, who are working in different government and self-financed colleges of education located in the rural and urban areas of Haryana. It was deliberated to explore the extent of relationship among the variables. The existing teacher training colleges of education of the state has yet lot to do for teachers in order to bring out innovations in terms of approach, pedagogy for qualitative improvement of school education so that they can acknowledge the various demands of the student community.

This research study attempted to study the relationship among the level of motivation to work, job satisfaction and organizational climate of male and female teacher educators working in government and self financed colleges of education of rural and urban areas.

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