Abstract:
The purpose of this research study was to investigate and to compare how administrators differ in job satisfaction according to their salary, years of administrative experience and sized of school. The participants were 441 administrators of education opportunity school. There administrators were asked to rate their degrees of job satisfaction on a five point scale questionnaire. The reliability of this research instrument is 0.95. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and one way analysis of variance (one way ANOVA) Results of this study can be concluded as follows. 1. The administrators showed a moderate degree of satisfaction with the whole and 4 facets of job satisfaction; policy and administration, supervision, salary, and working conditions, while they showed a high degree of satisfaction in 6 facets of job satisfaction; advancement, responsibility, work itself, interpersonal relations, and recognition. 1.1 The administrators who earn less than 16,800 baht and those who earn 16,800 20,400 baht showed a moderate degree of job satisfaction, but in general the administrators who earn more than 20,640 baht showed a high degree of job satisfaction. 1.2 Focusing on the years of administrative experience, the Administrators who have 6 10 years of experience showed a moderate degree of job satisfaction, while the administrators who have mire than 10 years of experience showed a high degree of satisfaction. 1.3 Relating the size of school. The administrators of small and medium sizes of schools showed a moderate degree of satisfaction, while the administrators of a large size of school showed a school showed a high degree of satisfaction. 2. Comparing the degrees of job satisfaction, the findings can be concluded as follows. 2.1 The administrators who earn more than 20,640 baht showed a different degree of satisfaction from those who earn less than 16,800 baht and who earn 16,800 20,640 baht. The difference in job satisfaction among administrators who have less than 6 year, and more then 10 years of administrative experience. 2.3 The administrators of a large size of school showed a different degree of satisfaction from those of medium and small sizes of schools. The administrators of medium size of schools showed a different degree of satisfaction with the whole and each facets of job satisfaction from those of small size of schools. These differences are statistically significant at .05 level.