Summary: | Job satisfaction plays an important role in regard to teachers’ continuation in the teaching
profession. School-based factors such as relations with colleagues, parents, and student
behavior are important factors that contribute to teachers’ fulfillment in their workplace. This
study examined the relationship between job satisfaction and wellbeing among high school
teachers in Malaysia. A total of 111 full-time high school teachers (99 females, 12 males) from
two schools located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, completed measures of the Teacher Job
Satisfaction Scale and Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. Data were analyzed
using correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results indicated significant positive
correlation between teachers’ job satisfaction and wellbeing. More specifically, teachers’
satisfaction with students’ behavior and students’ parents were significant predictors of mental
wellbeing. This study highlighted job satisfaction that teachers themselves may have for
positive personal relationship with co-workers, students, and student’s parents, providing
further understanding of the contribution of job satisfaction to teachers’ mental wellbeing. This
study helps complement previous studies by providing a further understanding on the
contribution of job satisfaction to teachers’ wellbeing in the Malaysian context.
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