Factor Analysis of Job Satisfaction among Hong Kong Physical Education Teachers

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese.The primary purpose of this investigation was to assess the job satisfaction level of Hong Kong PE teachers. Other purpose was to examine the relationships between selected demographic variables and the job satisfaction level of certain work-related variables. A questionnaire was developed and contained the 82 job satisfaction items, demographic data and one 6-point Likert scales of the overall job satisfaction. The questionnaire was mailed to 444 Hong Kong PE teachers, and a total of 208 (46. 9%) responses were returned by 115 (55.3%) males and 85 (40.9%) from primary schools. The majority of the respondents were aged between 26 and 45 years (78.4%). The major findings were (a) 88.5% of Hong Kong PE teachers were satisfied with their job; (b) a significantly positive correlation between PE teachers, overall job satisfaction and the 82 job satisfaction items; (c) no significant difference in overall job satisfaction between male and female PE teachers; (d) the top ten job satisfaction items were mainly intrinsic in nature while the lowest ten job satisfaction items were extrinsic factors. The subscale of principal relations and support was perceived to contribute most to the job satisfaction of Hong Kong PE teachers.本文目的是探索香港體育敎師的工作滿足感利用因素分析方法找出影響其滿足感的主要因素。444份問卷採用分層隨機抽樣寄出在二千年三至五月期間收回可應用問卷共208份回應率達46.9%。結果顯示接近九成敎師滿意現在的工作十大最高和最低的工作滿足感項目分別來自敎學上的內在和外在因素。因素分析結果顯示香港體育敎師覺得與校長的關係和得到他的支持最為重要。