Economic Themes (2015) 53 (3) 7, 414-431

RESEARCH ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER SATISFACTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA


Ivana Simić, Jelena Mladenović, Nebojša Stojković

Abstract: Employees’ satisfaction is one of the frequently analyzed subgroups of human attitudes connected to organizational environment. The authors’ aim is to study different categories of satisfaction or dissatisfaction of teachers in elementary schools in the Republic of Serbia, as a specific category of employees. The results of the research carried out have shown that teachers are dissatisfied with salaries, awards and benefits. The next category concerning the intensity of dissatisfaction is teachers’ dissatisfaction with operational procedures. On the other hand, teachers are mostly satisfied with the work they are doing, with their superiors, their colleagues and system of communicating within schools.

Keywords:  satisfaction; teachers; Republic of Serbia.

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