Abstract
The high level of elementary school teacher absenteeism in Papua in general and in Southern Papua in particular has greatly impacted on teachers' performance in educating students. In this point, the elementary school students' inability in mastering basic reading, writing, and arithmetic (3-Rs) should be attributed to the low performance of elementary school teachers of Southern Papua, both inside and outside the classroom. As the researchers have widely identified the job satisfaction as one of the most predicting factors for the job performance, this study seeks to examine the job satisfaction and its eventual effects on job performance of teachers in elementary schools of Southern Papua. A survey approach was used to attain this goal. To collect the data, two types of Indonesian language version of questionnaire were distributed to a total of 1062 informants. In order that all the questionnaire were completely filled up and returned in 100% response rate by the informants, we employed a face-to-face method by asking the consent of each informant to fill-up the questionnaire and returned it directly to our team. Applying the simple linear regression analysis as a tool for analyzing data, the result showed that the coefficient value of R2 is .089 and the ρ value is .000. It inferred that 8.9 % of the job performance of elementary school teachers within the area of Southern Papua, Indonesia, is significantly positively predicted by their personal satisfaction. Though the predicting value of the job satisfaction on the performance of teachers was categorized low (8.9 %), finding of this study may be imperative for the school principals to enhance teachers' job performance in the elementary schools of Southern Papua by promoting their job satisfaction. Finding of this study may supposedly enlarge the existing knowledge on the job satisfaction and performance of teachers by providing an empirical proof from the Southern Papua context.
Highlights
IntroductionThe role of teachers in educating the youth of nation is understated
In modern competitive environment, the role of teachers in educating the youth of nation is understated
This study focuses on the effort of describing the performance of elementary school teachers of Southern Papua and how it is predicted by their job satisfaction
Summary
The role of teachers in educating the youth of nation is understated. “Teachers set the tone of their classroom, build a warm environment, mentor and nurture students, become role models, and listen and look for signs of trouble” [1, 1]. In this point of view, the success or the failure of educational activities is highly depending on teacher performance both inside and outside the classroom [2]. Organizations always demand greatly performing worker to attain their goal, to provide goods and services they specialized in and, in turn, to achieve competitive advantage [4]. Sonentag and Freze [4, 5] further gave a brief explanation on these two facets of performance as follows:
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary 
Published Version (
Free)
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
