Tibor Balga1, Branislav Antala1
1Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Bratislava, Slovakia
Job Satisfaction of Physical Education Teachers in Slovakia
Sport Mont 2022, 20(2), 89-94 | DOI: 10.26773/smj.220614
Abstract
Many studies have confirmed that job satisfaction is one of the important factors that maintain a high level of performance. The aim of this study was to analyze job satisfaction among physical education teachers in Slovakia. This was a cross-sectional intraindividual ex post facto research. 139 male and 173 female Slovak physical education teachers participated in this study, 165 of them were employed at primary schools and 147 of them worked at secondary schools. To get the empirical data, the method of questionnaire and interview was used. It has been shown that job satisfaction of physical education teachers in Slovakia are differentiated in terms of gender, but are not differentiated from the point of view of age and of the type of school. The obtained results shows that male physical teachers working in schools have better job satisfaction than their female counterpart (χ2=10.308, p<0.01%). The findings suggest that job satisfaction of physical education in Slovak teachers is low. This research was realized out within the project VEGA, No. 1/0523/19 „Telesná a športová výchova a jej kvalita a potenciál v podpore zdravia z pohľadu žiakov, učiteľov a rodičov“ [“Physical and Sports Education and its Quality and Potential in Promoting Health from the Perspective of Pupils, Teachers and Parents”].
Keywords
job satisfaction, PE teachers, workload, financial evaluation
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