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European Journal of Educational Studies 4(2), 2012 People in Present Job Organizations are mostly made up of people and these have a bearing on their job satisfaction both as employees and employers. In this section, issues of whether they are boring, slow, responsible, smart, lazy, or frustrating are presented. One hundred and eighty three (52%) of the respondents believe that people they are working with are not boring; and amongst these, 80% of the headteachers also say they are not boring. While one hundred and thirty (37%) of the respondents say their colleagues are not slow, one hundred and twenty three (35%) believe they are. Eighty percent of the headteachers also believe that people are slow. Most of the respondents (67%) say that the people they are working with are responsible; one hundred and eight (62%) at junior secondary, sixty seven (68%) at primary, and sixty (76.9%) at senior secondary level. Furthermore, 85.9% of the teachers also believe their colleagues are responsible. Two hundred and one (57.4%) of the respondents say that the people they work with are smart; 77.7% deputy headteachers and 68% headteachers also believe are smart. One hundred and ninety three (55%) of the respondents say their colleagues are not lazy. Some of the respondents (35.7%) believe that their colleagues are not frustrating, one hundred and six (30%), and one hundred and nineteen (34%) were undecided. Motivation among employees is a human psychological characteristic that contributes to a person‘s degree of commitment (Adeyemo, 1997). Khaleque and Rahman (1987) cited in Abdullah, Uli and Parasuraman (2009, p15) observed that good working relationship among co-workers in an organization is very important in determining higher job satisfaction of employees. The findings of this study show that teachers are responsible people which means they cooperate and support each orher. They are not lazy which also means they are hard-working and are not boring which means that the environment they work in is interesting. This study reveals that generally, employees are satisfied with the people they are working with. Job in General Two hundred and twelve (60%) of the respondents believe that generally their job is good. Eighty eight percent of the headteachers, 80% of heads of department and 66.8% of the deputy headteachers also say the job in general is good. One hundred and ninety one (54.6%) belive their job is desirable; while one hundred and eighty three (52%) say that it is not better than most. One hundred and seventy seven (50.6%) of the respondents were not decided while one hundred and thirty four (38.3%) believed it was not disagreeable. One hundred and thirty one (37.4%) of the respondents were undecided while one hundred and twenty four (35.4%) were of the opinion that it made them content. One hundred and eighty six (53%) of the respondents say that their job was not excellent; while one hundred and twenty five (35.7%) enjoyed and one hundred and nineteen (34%) did not enjoy their job. Two hundred and ten (60%) of the respondents think that their job is poor. CONCLUSION From this study, it can be concluded that all categories of teachers in Botswana schools are generally satisfied with their job of teaching. The majority of respondents in this study are not satisfied with opportunities for promotion in general. This may be because promotional chances in the teaching field are limited as teaching is a dead-end job. There are no good chances in teaching and therefore promotions are not regular. Generally, the results of this study show that all categories of teachers are satisfied with the supervision they get as it is not annoying but it is given tactfully; and they are praised whenever they do a good job. The majority of the respondents found their current job satisfying which is good because as illustrated earlier, a satisfied employee tends to be absent less often, to make positive contributions, and to stay with the organization longer.An organization with satisfied employees is bound to be productive. They feel that they are not well paid and therefore can barely live on the income from their salaries. However, a large number of headteachers and deputy headteachers believe that their pay is not that bad; maybe because in 228
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