JOB SATISFACTION OF BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS IN VIETNAM

Tran Phuoc Linh; Ho Thanh My Phuong; Anita Clapano-Oblina; Le Thi Thuy Duong

Ho Thanh My Phuong	htmphuong@vnseameo.org	SEAMEO Regional Training Center in Vietnam 35 Le Thanh Ton, Ben Nghe ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tran Phuoc Linh*	tplinh@vnseameo.org	SEAMEO Regional Training Center in Vietnam 35 Le Thanh Ton, Ben Nghe ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Le Thi Thuy Duong	ltduong@vnseameo.org	SEAMEO Regional Training Center in Vietnam 35 Le Thanh Ton, Ben Nghe ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Anita Clapano-Oblina	anita_oblina@vnseameo.org	SEAMEO Regional Training Center in Vietnam 35 Le Thanh Ton, Ben Nghe ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Summary:

This article is taken from the research titled “Job Satisfaction of Basic Education Teachers in Southeast Asia”, an inter-center collaborative project of SEAMEO Centers (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization). It presents the key issues affecting the level of job satisfaction among basic education teachers in Southeast Asia and provides policy recommendations to increase teacher motivation and job satisfaction. The research employs Herzberg’s Dual Factor Theory of Motivation: Hygiene factor and motivator factor. To the case of Vietnam, analysis of responses has demonstrated that the sources of job dissatisfaction are found to be both hygiene factor and motivator factor. The top three sources of job dissatisfaction are i) job security; ii) work environment; and iii) job responsibility.

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Keywords:

Basic education teacher

job satisfaction

job facets.

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Journal:

No. 2, February 2023

VIETNAM JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

THE VIETNAM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

JOB SATISFACTION OF BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS IN VIETNAM