Title: Extrinsic work motivation of urban secondary school teachers: a case study of public secondary schools and a model secondary school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Authors: Tuomo Rautakivi; Ritthikorn Siriprasertchok; Vantha Korng

Addresses: Department of Public Administration, Jenderal Soedirman University, Jl. HR Boenyamin 708, Grendeng, Purwokerto Utara, Grendeng, Purwokerto 53122, Indonesia ' Faculty of Social and Political Science, Sebalas Maret University, Jl. Ir. Sutami. No 36A Jebres, Kota Sukarta, Jawa Tehgah 57126, Indonesia ' Graduate School of Public Administration, Burapha University, 169 Long-Hard Bangsaen Road, Saensook, Chonburi 20131, Thailand

Abstract: This study aimed (a) to find out the most important extrinsic work motivation of public secondary school teachers in Phnom Penh; (b) to find out the most important extrinsic work motivation of the model secondary school's teachers in Phnom Penh; (c) to study the differences in motivation between teachers at the public secondary schools and those at the model secondary school. The total samples of 478 of urban secondary school teachers, 374 from the public schools, and 104 from the model school, were selected through convenient sampling method from the two sample groups. The descriptive statistics were applied to measure the extrinsic work motivation of the teachers. The result of the study suggested that the factors, professional development, salary, work conditions and feedback, are respectively the most important motivating factors for both groups of secondary school teachers. Moreover, an increase of salary was the most suggested factor from the teachers.

Keywords: extrinsic work motivation; feedback; professional development; teacher motivation; secondary school teacher; working conditions; job satisfaction; education; private schools; public schools.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2019.098189

International Journal of Management in Education, 2019 Vol.13 No.2, pp.156 - 169

Received: 29 Jan 2018
Accepted: 25 Jun 2018

Published online: 05 Mar 2019 *

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