Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 38 no. 8 (2025)

Teachers’ Job Satisfaction and Teachers’ Resignation from the Workplace

France Edmar Percales | Elpedio Lomarda

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine the relationship between teacher job satisfaction and resignation. It was limited to six (6) schools in Kibawe District, Kibawe, Bukidnon. It employed a descriptive correlational research design. A self-made questionnaire was used in this study, which was validated and pilot-tested to ensure validity, reliability, and accuracy. To answer this study's research problems, frequency, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and t-test were used. Based on the data gathered, the significant findings are the following: While respondent teachers were generally satisfied with their compensation, workload, work conditions, career development, and relationship with teachers and school principals, teachers leave the profession for economic, personal, environmental, and organizational reasons. Low salary, burnout, green pasture, and promotion are some factors that influenced teachers' decision to leave. Addressing these factors and improving teachers' working conditions could help retain qualified and motivated educators. The test results indicate a significant positive relationship between compensation and job satisfaction, suggesting that job satisfaction also tends to decrease as compensation decreases. However, the analysis reveals that workload, personal career development, relationship with co-teachers, relationship with the school principal, work conditions, and overall job satisfaction do not exhibit significant relationships with perceptions of resignation. This suggests that while these factors may influence teachers' perceptions and experiences within the workplace, they do not significantly impact their decisions to resign. Based on the findings and conclusions, the following recommendations are at this moment offered: Efforts to stem teacher attrition may be centered on the school site and the factors supporting good teaching. Also, the Department of Education may improve the economic conditions of teachers through necessary regulations may be introduced to address the wage disparity.



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