RESEARCH METHOD COHEN ok

574 MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT
Box 25.9
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Loading Percentage
Lack of a supportive and friendly atmosphere 0.55 17
Things happen at school over which you have no control 0.41 36
Factor 5: Personal domain
Personal failings 0.76 13
Feeling of not being suited to teaching 0.72 10
Having to teach a subject for which you are not trained 0.64 23
Source:McCormickandSolman1992
Box 25.10
Factor analysis of the occupational satisfaction items
Factor groupings of satisfaction items with factor loadings and (rounded) percentages of teacher responses in the two
positive extremes of ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’ for positive statements, or ‘strongly disagree’ and ‘disagree’ for statements
of a negative nature; the latter items were reversed for analysis and are indicated by ∗
Loading Percentage
Factor 1: Supervision
My immediate supervisor does not back me up ∗ 0.83 70
Ireceiverecognitionfrommyimmediatesupervisor 0.80 52
My immediate supervisor is not willing to listen ∗ 0.78 68
My immediate supervisor makes me feel uncomfortable ∗ 0.78 66
My immediate supervisor treats everyone equitably 0.68 62
My superiors do not appreciate what a good job I do ∗ 0.66 39
I receive too little recognition ∗ 0.51 21
Factor 2: Income
My income is less than I deserve ∗ 0.80 10
Iamwellpaidinproportiontomyability 0.78 8
My income from teaching is adequate 0.78 19
My pay compares well with other non-teaching jobs 0.66 6
Teachers’ income is barely enough to live on ∗ 0.56 24
Factor 3: External demands
Teachers have an excessive workload ∗ 0.72 5
Teachers are expected to do too many non-teaching tasks ∗ 0.66 4
People expect too much of teachers ∗ 0.56 4
There are too many changes in education ∗ 0.53 10
IamsatisfiedwiththeDepartmentofEducationasanemployer 0.44 12
People who aren’t teachers do not understand the realities in schools ∗ 0.34 1