Abstract

• The main aim of this study is to investigate perceived control and subjective well-being of inservice teachers from Lewe Township. Then, specific objectives were to observe perceived control and subjective well-being of inservice teachers based on gender, age and years of service. The sample consists of 600 inservice teachers from Lewe Township. Perceived control was measured by the Spheres of Control Scale designed by Paulhus and Van Selst (1990). The Subjective Well-being Inventory (SUBI) designed by Sell and Nagpal (1992) was used to measure the inservice teachers’ subjective well-being. According to the results of descriptive statistics, both perceived control and subjective well-being of inservice teachers were satisfactory. Based on the results of independent samples t test, perceived control was not significantly different by gender. Based on the results of ANOVA, perceived control was significantly different by age and years of service. According to the results of independent samples t test, subjective well-being was significantly different by gender (male teachers were more subjective well-being than female teachers). Based on the results of ANOVA, subjective well-being was not significantly different by age and years of service. In order to investigate the relationship between perceived control and subjective well-being of inservice teachers, Pearson product-moment correlation was conducted. The result showed that there was a significant positive correlation between perceived control and subjective well-being (r = .494, p <.001). When testing the impact of perceived control on subjective well-being, the result indicated that adjusted R square was .243. Therefore 24% of variance in subjective well-being was predicted by perceived control. Thus, it may be concluded that perceived control can influence on subjective well-being of inservice teachers.