Psychometric Evaluation of Job Satisfaction Scale in Ugandas Teacher Population Sample
Despite several studies in the field of job satisfaction, troublesome areas are still evident. There is still controversy as to whether specific sample may be assessed using instruments which were largely developed based on a dissimilar type of sample other than the one under study. With focus on the problematic area, we derived the purpose for our study. The purpose of the present study is to examine Job Satisfaction Survey’s (JSS) relevance for estimation of job satisfaction in teacher population in Uganda. Confirmatory Factor Analysis, using structural equation modelling technique was used to assess the model fit in 208 primary school teachers in Uganda. Results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the teachers’ sample did not support the existence of the original 9 facet model by (Spector, 1985), suggesting that some of the JSS’s sub scales do not reflect teachers’ job satisfaction within the context of Uganda. The best model in the present study was determined to be a four factor solution model, including promotion, supervision, fringe benefits and nature of work. In view of study’s originality/value; the current wave of changes in the education sector in Uganda demand validated scales that can address job context specific requirements to follow-up va riations in the satisfaction levels of primary school teachers, an area least addressed in literature in Uganda, which this study has fulfilled.
