Assessment of the demographic factors that affect job satisfaction of teachers in catholic secondary schools in Tanzania: a case study of the Archdiocese of Dar-Es-Salaam Secondary Schools

The study was conducted at Archdiocese of Dar-Es-Salaam on the assessment of demographic factors that affect job satisfaction of teachers in Catholic secondary schools in Tanzania. The general objective of the study was to assess the demographic factors that affect job satisfaction of teachers in catholic secondary schools in Tanzania. Specific objectives included: investigating how gender affects the level of job satisfaction of teachers in Catholic secondary schools in Tanzania, how age affects the level of job satisfaction of teachers in Catholic secondary schools in Tanzania and how academic rank affects the level of job satisfaction of teachers in Catholic secondary schools in Tanzania. Our respondents were teachers in Catholic secondary schools in the archdiocese of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania, drawn from different schools of which 40 (36.4%) out of 110 (100.0%) of respondents responded. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and content analysis. The findings of the study in general indicated that demographic factors affect the level of job satisfaction of teachers in Catholic secondary schools in Tanzania. Gender has the greater effect on the level of job satisfaction of teachers in catholic secondary schools in Tanzania. Female teachers are more satisfied when they work under male supervisors. Male teachers on the other hand are satisfied when they work alone or command others what to do. Age also affect the level of job satisfaction of teachers teaching in catholic secondary schools in Tanzania. Young teachers have lower job satisfaction because of low level of experience in the job while the old teachers have higher job satisfaction because of high level of job experience and seniority in the job. Teachers in the low academic rank are less satisfied with their job because of lack of interaction with school administrators while teachers in the higher academic rank due to close interaction with school administrators have higher level of job satisfaction. To improve job satisfaction of the teachers teaching in Catholic Secondary Schools, the management has to do the following: they have to improve working condition of teachers by paying sufficient remuneration and other benefits. Moreover, the management has to give opportunities to the female teachers to participate in administrative issues. On the other hand the management has to allow the young teachers to have an access to the professional and collegial support, mentoring programs and increased input into decision made in the schools.