Factors influencing job satisfaction among school teachers in SMK Gerik, Perak / Afiq Hakimi Baha and Afrina Zol

The cornerstone of a successful educational system is a high quality of teaching staff. The interaction between teachers and students on daily basis is the center of educational process which it can be concerned in order to build high quality of teachers Furthermore, understanding the factors associated with teaching quality is the step in developing high quality. Another factors is job satisfaction which is has been studied widely by organizational researchers and has been linked to organizational commitment as well as to organizational performance (Ostroff, 1992 & Mathieu 1991). The satisfaction is not just focus on the job but also career in general which is very important. Satisfaction with teaching as a career is an important policy issue since it associated with teacher effectiveness which ultimately affects student achievement (Ashton and Webb, 1986; Carnegie Task Force on Teaching, 1986).