| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to investigate the levels of motivation and job satisfaction
experienced by EFL instructors employed at the School of Foreign Languages, and to
reveal the correlation between these two concepts. Additionally, the current study also
aimed to investigate whether the motivation and job satisfaction levels of EFL
instructors vary based on their gender, age, educational background, and professional
seniority. This study was carried out with 146 EFL instructors from 7 different
universities using the convenience sampling method. The Teacher Motivation Scale by
Polat (2010) and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale by Baycan (1985) were used. As
a result of the study, EFL instructors' motivation and job satisfaction levels were
discovered to be high; and a significant, strong, and positive correlation was found
between these two concepts. Considering the correlation between demographic
variables and motivation, the current study found that the motivation level of EFL
instructors varied significantly only depending on gender, and that female instructors
had a higher motivation level than male instructors. Additionally, the motivation level
of EFL instructors did not differ significantly difference depending on age, educational
background, and professional seniority. Considering the correlation between
demographic variables and job satisfaction, the results showed that the job satisfaction
level of EFL instructors did not significantly vary according to gender, age, educational
background, and professional seniority. | en_US |
