Investigating Factors Affecting on Teacher's Job Satisfaction in Agricultural Applied Scientific Centers / Case of study: Tehran and Alborz Provinces

The aim of this research is to study factors affecting teachers’ job satisfaction in agricultural applied scientific centers in Tehran and Alborz provinces. Research population included all the teachers in the mentioned centers (N=156), 72 of them were selected by stratified random sampling method. The main tool for data collection was a questionnaire whose content validity and reliability are confirmed. After conducting factor analysis, four influencing factors on job satisfaction were identified: salary, educational equipment, the interactions between the management and teachers, and participation in educational affairs. The dependent variable was measured by 35 questions. The results indicated that job satisfaction in the majority of research sample is about moderate and there is a positive and significant correlation between the three factors (salary, interactions between the management with teachers, and the educational equipment) and job satisfaction. Also, the increase in the communications between the managers of the mentioned centers and teachers and the fulfillment of teachers’ financial needs are some of the recommendations of the present study.