The determining of job satisfaction of primary public teachers in Côte d’Ivoire

Abstract

The teachers constituted the most important educational resource as well as a factor determining the quality of the education. Unfortunately, their conditions of live and work are more and more difficult and their completely depreciated statute hence teachers are demotivated. However, the level of satisfaction to the work of the teachers can affect a time their will to stay in the teaching function or the school results (Kponou, 2020). The unsatisfied teachers of their occupation are generally carried to assure a teaching of least quality (Caprara and al, 2006).

In Côte d’Ivoire the Education/formation sector is confronted every year to the discontent of the teachers. They ask for best conditions of work. The objective of this research is to study the determinants of job satisfaction of the primary public teachers in Côte d’Ivoire. Job satisfaction is defined by Roussel (1996) as the level of convergence between what the person wants and what she withdraws different facets of his work. Our research is driven on a sample of suitability of 86 primary public teachers chalk in hand in Côte d’Ivoire after a survey qualitative exploratory achieved by 20 primary public teachers. Our research calls on the method of the scores.

The results show Thant job satisfaction of the primary public teachers in Côte d’Ivoire is a multidimensional phenomenon and that the motives of satisfaction of the primary public teachers investigated are more immaterial or honorary that financiers. Our results also go up that the salary is the first reason of dissatisfaction to the work of the primary public teachers in Côte d’Ivoire.

Keywords: Job satisfaction, Salary, Motive

Classification JEL : M41

Paper type: Empirical Research