The relation of affectivity structure and job satisfaction among primary school teachers

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je provjeriti odnose između dimenzija strukture afekta i zadovoljstva poslom nastavnika osnovnih škola. Pretpostavili smo da će rezultati na skalama pozitivnog afekta i ekstraverzije pozitivno korelirati, a rezultati na skalama negativnog afekta i neuroticizma negativno korelirati s rezultatima na skali zadovoljstva poslom te da će sve ispitivane osobine ličnosti biti značajni prediktori zadovoljstva poslom. U istraživanju je sudjelovao prigodan uzorak nastavnika osnovnih škola (N=104). Varijable su izmjerene pomoću sljedećih mjernih instrumenata: upitnika zadovoljstva poslom (Jenjić, 2001), Skale pozitivnog i negativnog afekta (PANAS; Watson, Clark i Tellegen, 1988) i čestica koje mjere ekstraverziju i neuroticizam preuzete iz IPIP-100 (Goldberg, 1999). Na temelju rezultata provedenog istraživanja možemo zaključiti da postoji značajna pozitivna povezanost između pozitivnog afekta i ekstraverzije sa zadovoljstvom poslom te značajna negativna povezanost negativnog afekta i neuroticizma sa zadovoljstvom poslom. Pozitivni i negativni afekt značajni su prediktori zadovoljstva poslom i zajedno objašnjavaju 16.2% njegove varijance. Ekstraverzija i neuroticizam objašnjavaju 8.9% varijance zadovoljstva poslom, ali je samo ekstraverzija značajan prediktor. Pozitivni i negativni afekt, uz ekstraverziju i neuroticizam, objašnjavaju značajan dodatni dio varijance (8.7%) zadovoljstva poslom.The aim of this study was to examine the relations between the dimensions of affectivity structure and job satisfaction among primary school teachers. The assumption was that the results on the positive affect scale and the extraversion scale will have the positive correlation with the results on the job satisfaction scale, and that the results on the negative affect scale and neuroticism will negatively correlate with the results on the job satisfaction scale. Also, all the measured personality traits were expected to be significant predictors of job satisfaction. The study was conducted on a convenience sample of primary school teachers (N=104). Variables were measured with these questionnaires: job satisfaction questionnaire (Jenjić, 2001), positive and negative affectivity schedule (PANAS; Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988) and IPIP-100 extraversion and neuroticism items (Goldberg, 1999). The conclusion, based on the results of the conducted study, is that there exists a significant positive correlation between positive affect and extraversion and job satisfaction, and a significant negative correlation between negative affect and neuroticism and job satisfaction. Positive and negative affects are significant predictors of job satisfaction and together they explain 16.2% of its variance. Extraversion and neuroticism explain 8.9% of job satisfaction variance, but the only significant predictor is the extraversion. Positive and negative affect, together with extraversion and neuroticism, explain a significant additional proportion of job satisfaction variance (8.7%)