Abstract

• The main purpose of this study was to study organizational climate and job satisfaction of teachers in Pyinmana Township. A total of 300 teachers (Male 24 and Female 276) from selected Basic Education High Schools in Pyinmana Township were selected as participants by using simple random sampling technique. As research instruments, Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire - Revised Secondary (OCDQ-RS) developed by Hoy, Tarter and Kottkamp (1991) and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) developed by Weiss, Dawis, England and Lofquist (1964) were used to measure organizational climate and job satisfaction of teachers. Results from descriptive statistics indicated that level of teachers’ perception on organizational climate was satisfactory among teachers in Pyinmana Township. According to the results of independent samples t test, it was found that there were no significant differences in teachers’ perception on organizational climate by gender. However, the ANOVA result revealed that there were significant differences in teachers’ perception on organizational climate by teaching experience, indicating that the more the teaching experiences teachers have the more powerful opinion on organizational climate. Concerning job satisfaction of teachers, it was found that teachers in Pyinmana Township had satisfactory level of job satisfaction. The results of independent samples t test showed no significant differences in job satisfaction of teachers by gender. But the result of ANOVA showed significant differences in job satisfaction of teachers by teaching experience. More specially, Well-experienced teachers have more understanding perception of the cases in their work. Moreover, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation revealed that organizational climate perceived by teachers was positively correlated with their job satisfaction (r = 0.547, p<0.01). Therefore, it can be concluded that the better perception on organizational climate the teachers possessed, the higher level of teachers’ job satisfaction they had.