Teachers’ Work Motivation in the Lens of Needs Fulfillment, Needs Importance, and Individual Performance

This study aimed to assess teacher’s work motivation as viewed on the fulfillment of needs and the importance attached to the needs and its influence on teachers’ job performance. The study utilized the descriptive–correlational research design in the sense that it aimed to assess teachers’ work motivation. This study was conducted in the Division of Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, among the secondary school teachers who were subjected to sampling. The study made use of standardized questionnaire adopted from Feyyat Gokce’s Assessment of Teacher’s Motivation. Teachers’ motivation was assessed in terms of two indices, namely: needs fulfillment index and needs importance index. The study utilized frequency and percentage distribution, weighted mean, Pearson r, Kruskal Wallis H-test, and t-test for its statistical treatment. The study revealed the following salient findings: (a) Teachers’ level of work motivation as viewed on the needs fulfillment index and needs importance index is “Very High”; (b) Teachers’ job performance based on IPCRF is “Very Satisfactory”; (c) A significant relationship was revealed between the needs fulfillment index and needs importance index; (c) A significant relationship was likewise revealed between the teachers’ performance and the teachers’ work motivation as viewed in the two indices. No significant difference was disclosed in the teachers’ work motivation as viewed in the needs fulfillment index when grouped according to their profile. However, a significant difference was revealed in the teachers’ work motivation as viewed in the needs importance index when grouped according to educational qualification. A significant difference was also found in the teachers’ job performance when grouped according to sex, while age, educational qualification, and teaching experience were found not significant