Relation of Hopeness and Happiness with Job Satisfaction among Teachers

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Job satisfaction is one of the important factors in the quality of teacher training and job success. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relation of hopeness and happiness with job satisfaction among teachers. For this regard, 240 teachers (120 femals and 120 males) were selected by stratified sampling method from elementary, guidance and high school grades in Tabas city. Data were collected through snyderś hopeness, oxfordś happiness and kendal & hulinś job satisfaction questionnaires. Results were analyzed by pearsons correlation, multiple regression, ANOVA and t test. Results revealed that all variables did have positive relation with each other indicating the more hopness and hopiness increase the more job satisfaction increases, as well.                                                                                                                                            

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