Organizational Laxity in Kuwaiti Governmental Schools and its Relationship to Teachers Job Frustration

Abstract

Abstract This study aimed to identify the level of organizational laxity among Kuwaiti governmental school principals and its relationship to job frustration. Adopting a correlative descriptive approach, the study administered a questionnaire to a random sample of 1169 teachers. The most important findings were: (1) the level of organizational laxity among school principals was generally moderate; (2) there were statistically significant differences between the levels of organizational laxity attributed to gender, nationality, and years of service were attested; (3) the level of job frustration among teachers was generally high; (4) there were statistically significant differences between the levels of organizational frustration attributed to gender, nationality and years of service; (5) there was a positive and statistically significant correlation between the different aspects of organizational laxity and the factors affecting the level of job frustration in general. The study concluded with several recommendations: (1) an electronic performance indicator that measures the level of principals’ application of administrative and technical tasks should be developed, (2) indicators of organizational laxity should be monitored and placed in a guideline, (3) an annual electronic scale that measures job frustration levels and causes among teachers should be placed on the Ministry of Education’s website. Keywords: organizational laxity, governmental school principals, job frustration teachers, State of Kuwait