RELATIONS BETWEEN TEAMWORK AND WORK SATISFACTION AMONG THE PANEL HEADS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Purpose - The aim of this research is to identify the head panel's job satisfaction differences in teamwork based on gender, age and working experiences. This research also aims to identify the main prediction and relationship between five teamwork factors, namely leadership actions, structural characteristics of the work group, individual characteristics, interpersonal relationship and job satisfaction of the panel head. Design/Methodology/Approach - The research subjects were 141 school panel heads from all nine daily secondary schools in Kuala Krai District, Kelantan. The teamwork instruments were adapted from the research of Karakus dan Toremen (2008) while the instruments of job satisfaction were adapted from the model of the Two Factors Theory of Herzberg (1966) in Tay (2007). The instruments of team work consisted of four dimensions which were leadership actions (8 items), structural characteristics of the work group (7 items), individual characteristics of members (8 items), and interpersonal (8 items). Meanwhile, job satisfaction was measured by 20 items. The results were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 16.0. The hypotheses were tested using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation, and Multiple Regression Analysis. Findings - The result showed that there was a significant difference between gender and age towards job satisfaction but there was no signifi cant difference with job experiences. The results also showed that there were signifi cant relationships between leadership actions, structural characteristics of the work group, individual characteristics of members, interrelationship among members and job satisfaction. The results also indicated that leadership actions, structural characteristics of the work group and interrelationship among members were the predictors of job satisfaction. Originality/Value - The results suggested that the parties involved schools, district and state education departments - should emphasise on teamwork knowledge and skills specifically to the panel heads in the apects of humanities, planning and task coordinations in training and development programmes.