Job Satisfaction among Primary School Personnel in Madagascar

Gérard Lassibille () and Carlos Gamero Buron
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Gérard Lassibille: CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IREDU - Institut de recherche sur l'éducation : Sociologie et Economie de l'Education - UB - Université de Bourgogne
Carlos Gamero Buron: Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga]
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Carlos Gamero-Burón

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Abstract: This article analyses the job satisfaction of primary school teachers in Madagascar. Based on the estimation of multilevel models, low wages and problems getting paid, job insecurity, lack of in-service training, high pupil-teacher ratios, and lack of basic infrastructure and teaching materials are identified as the main reasons for dissatisfaction. Principals' control of teachers' activities also adversely affects satisfaction, suggesting that, in Malagasy schools, neither school directors nor teachers have succeeded in adopting organisational cultures based on cooperation among their members. These results are likely to stimulate debates on educational policy, both in Madagascar and in many other developing countries.

Keywords: Job Satisfaction; Primary School Personnel; Madagascar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in The Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52 (11), pp.1628-1646. ⟨10.1080/00220388.2016.1187726⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1187726

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