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    Factors causing job dissatisfaction among teachers in selected schools in the Onankali circuit in the Oshikoto region of Namibia
    (University of Namibia, 2023) Namupala, Elina A.
    The study investigated factors causing job dissatisfaction among teachers in selected schools in Onankali circuit in the Oshikoto region of Namibia. The following areas guided the research questions of the study: the current state of teachers’ job satisfaction; factors causing job dissatisfaction; the effects of job dissatisfaction and the strategies to improve teacher job satisfaction. A mixed-method research approach and a case study design were adopted. Qualitatively, a criterion purposeful sampling technique was used to identify a list of schools from the Onankali circuit with either high teacher attrition or absenteeism rates, two HoDs and the school principals of each of the participating schools. Quantitatively a stratified random sampling was used to select six (6) participating schools, whilst a systematic random sampling was employed to select eight (8) teachers from each selected school. The population of the study was 354 teachers; 21 HoDs; 25 Principals and one education inspector, while the sample constituted 61 participants. Structured questionnaires for the inspector, principals, HoDs and teachers were used. Data from qualitative interviews were analysed using the content analysis method. While responses from quantitative structured questionnaires were analysed using the Statistics Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). It was found that there is medium teacher job dissatisfaction in the Onankali circuit at about 50%. The study found that bad working conditions, poor management skills, and lack of resources and equipment in schools are the main causes of job dissatisfaction in the Onankali circuit. The study further revealed that job dissatisfaction negatively affects productivity, efficiency and the effectiveness of teachers. Participants indicated that schools with teachers who are job dissatisfied constantly experience changes in staffing. iii The study recommended that there must be a review of teachers’ benefits, an improvement in the working conditions especially the provision of teaching resources and equipment, and an improvement in teachers’ living conditions by providing all the necessary services.