2. Επαγγελματική ικανοποίηση για ένα υγιές, ποιοτικό και αποτελεσματικό σχολείο / Job satisfaction for a healthy, quality and effective school

Abstract

Teachers’ job satisfaction and occupational burnout as independent research areas are interesting, yet challenging domains of research in the field of educational leadership. Therefore, in recent years researchers’ focus tended to be on the possibility of joint examination of these two research areas, which emanates from the need to design an enriched quality support model in education, stimulating school effectiveness and creating health promoting schools. The focus of the present study lies on the effort of profiling the degree in which certain factors contribute to the formation of job satisfaction to EPAL teachers, in combination with the study of occupational burnout. The key strategy of the present study was to explore the effect of four factors in achieving job satisfaction among teachers (the way of decision-making, the existing school climate, the feelings deriving from work and the working conditions). These will be examined in combination with the investigation of occupational burnout and demographic characteristics. For the purposes of the study, the use of a structured self-completion questionnaire as a tool was used and data were subsequently analyzed.