Factors Affecting Teachers Job Satisfaction at Mazandaran Agricultural High School

The purpose of this research is to investigate (path analysis) factors affecting teachers job satisfaction in Mazandaran Agricultural High Schools. This research is a cause-correlational. The statistical population consisted of 127 agricultural teachers. Sample size was determined using Cochran formula and 85 teachers were selected. The research instrument was questionnaire and its content validity was measured by a group of extension specialists. In order to investigate reliability of research questionnaire، 29 teachers were randomly selected and completed the questionnaires. Also، Cronbach alpha، ordinal theta and combination reliability were calculated as α= 0. 95، θ= 0. 92 and CR= 0. 87. Results indicate that the level of job satisfaction (85% of agricultural high school teachers) is at moderate and high level. Also، variables of environmental factors، motivational factors، educational factors، organizational factors، hygiene factor and job trait have significant positive correlation with job satisfaction; Based on the results of stepwise regression analysis، 44. 8% of job satisfaction variance determined by four variables as; environmental factor، motivational factor، educational factor and organizational factor. Modeling، the highest effect on teachers job satisfaction was impacted by educational factor with the path coefficient of 0. 512.