Abstract

• The main aim of this study was to study the management styles of headmistresses and job satisfaction of teachers in Basic Education High Schools, Insein Township, Yangon Region. The specific aims were to study the management styles of headmistresses, to identify the level of teachers’ job satisfaction, to investigate the variations of teachers’ job satisfaction in terms of personal factors and to investigate the relationship between the management styles of headmistresses and job satisfaction of teachers. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. The headmistresses who had served at least for 2 years in the current school were selected by using purposive sampling. 186 teachers (including JTs and STs) from Basic Education High Schools in Insein Township were randomly selected as participants. Managerial Grid Questionnaire by Blake and Mouton and Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ) by Lester were used as an instrument. The reliability coefficient Cronbach’s alpha () of headmistresses’ management styles was 0.89 and the reliability coefficient Cronbach’s alpha () of teachers’ job satisfaction was 0.81. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20, Descriptive statistics, One-way ANOVA, independent samples t test and Pearson Correlation were used to analyze the data obtained in this study. The research findings showed that dominant management style of headmistresses was team management style. And it was found that teachers were moderately high satisfaction level in their job. There were significant differences in some items of the job satisfaction of teachers grouped by position and years of teaching service. However, there was no significant difference among groups of teachers grouped by qualification. According to the data obtained by quantitative methods, headmistresses’ people-oriented management style and task-oriented management style were moderately correlated with job satisfaction of teachers.