Relationship of Head Teachers’ Effectiveness with Teachers’ Job Satisfaction at Secondary School Level

Abstract

The study aimed to find out the relationship of head teachers’ effectiveness with teachers’ job satisfaction at secondary school level. Head teachers’ effectiveness is stated as the expected or intended effect of the work of head teachers (Stronge et al., 2013), while teachers’ job satisfaction stated as person’s attitude towards their profession (Graham et al., 2014). Data were collected from 500 secondary school teachers of district Pakpattan through using multi-stage sampling technique. Teachers’ perceptions of head teachers’ effectiveness were examined by using HTEQ developed by Akram and Malik (2021), while teachers’ job satisfaction was measured through job satisfaction scale (JSS) developed by Spector (1997). The study found that head teachers’ effectiveness was an above average, while teachers’ job satisfaction was also found an above average. Significant and positive relationship was revealed between effectiveness of head teachers and teachers’ job satisfaction (r=.59), while 36 % variance in job satisfaction of teachers could also be explained through head teachers’ effectiveness. The smaller sample size was the limitation of the study which involved one district (Pakpattan) and future studies might be conducted by involving all districts of Punjab.