JOB SATISFACTION AMONG PORTUGUESE SECONDARY TEACHERS

This work tries to describe the different dimensions of job satisfaction among secondary education teachers in Continental Portugal. A survey research has been conducted from December 2006 to July 2007 among 524 teachers of several administrative districts (Setubal, Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra e Leiria). Data collection was done applying the following set of techniques: 2 questionaire-bassed surveys - a socio-demographic one and another on job-satisfaccicn perceptions; and a numerical scale in order to define a job satisfaction profile. Among most significant findings of the present research stands the wide level of disatisfaction with the teaching profession as a central perception of this group of teachers.