%A  Anuwar Ali
%A Nagarajah Lee 
%A  Mansor Fadzil
%T Does teachers' morale affect their job performance?

%X The purpose of this paper is to explore the interrelationships between morale and job performance of secondary school teachers. This is a questionnaire survey involving secondary school teachers from four schools in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. A total number of 92 respondents were involved in this study. The findings showed that all the five factors: leadership, belongingness, environment, personal development and collegiality contributed significantly to teachers?€? morale. The working environment was rated as the most important factor among the five. The structural equation modelling indicates that the '€?environment'€?, 'personal development'€? and 'collegiality' factors affect the feeling of '€?personal reward'€? of the teachers while '€?leadership'?, '€?belongingness'€?, '?environment'€? and 'personal development'€? influenced their '€?cohesive pride'€?. It was also found that only the 'leadership'€? factor had a direct impact on ?€?job performance?€?. The other morale determinants affect the 'job performance'€? of the teachers indirectly either by affecting '€?personal reward'€? or 'cohesive pride'€?. (Authors' abstract)
%C Melbourne, Australia
%D 2011
%P 460-469
%L library_repository582