A Study on the Relationship between Teachers’ Motivation and Job Satisfaction at Qingdao Huang Hai University, China

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study teachers’ motivation at Qingdao Huang Hai University, China. 2) To study Job satisfaction at Qingdao Huang Hai University, China. 3) To study the relationship of Teachers' Motivation and Job satisfaction at Qingdao HuangHai University, China. The quantitative analysis method is applied in this research. The population is teachers of Qingdao Huang Hai University, China. The samples of 315 teachers are selected determining the size of the group sample by Krejcie & Morgan Table at the confidence level (e) of 95% error not exceed 15%. Questionnaires served as the data collection instrument.

This research endeavors to probe into the relationship between teachers' job satisfaction and motivation. Grounded in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory, it investigates the related incentive effects in terms of salary and welfare guarantees, promotion systems, and working environments. 1,762 teachers from Qingdao Huanghai University were selected as the research subjects. the fairer the training opportunities, the more attractive the promotion system, and the more complete the performance appraisal system, the greater the job satisfaction of teachers. .