Role of Ethical Dimensions in Predicting Job Satisfaction of Teachers

The importance and necessity of ethics is increasing in educational organizations. This study conducted to predict job satisfaction based on the ethical dimensions of the organization. This study is descriptive-correlative. Population is consisted all male high school teachers of Mashhad in 2013-2014 that 307of all were selected by using sample size and cluster sampling. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, multiple regression analysis and ANOVA test. The results show that from the atmosphere components of ethical, the highest correlation of job satisfaction with organizational regulations of the components was in the moral sphere (r =0/43, p<0/05). Also, satisfaction component from supervisor had the highest correlation to job satisfaction (r =0/41, p<0/05). 38% of the variance in job satisfaction is explained through ethical atmosphere of the organization (&beta=0/43). The last two findings suggested that there was a significant difference between the moral sphere and job satisfaction on the basis of their teaching experience (p <0/05). It can be suggested that attention to ethical dimensions in education organization lead to the increase of job satisfaction.