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doi: 10.5281/zenodo.546144 Volume 3 │ Issue 4 │ 2017 TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG DIFFERENT FACULTIES OF A UNIVERSITY IN JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA Mohamed Mahat Ali Northeast Normal University, Changchun City, 5268 Renmin Street, Jilin, China Abstract: The present study sought to discover teachers’ perceptions of their job satisfaction based on the demographic characteristics of gender, age and faculty at one university in Jilin province, China. The study used quantitative research method. The sample of the study comprised of 116 participants from eight different faculties in the university. Out of this, 62 were males and 54 were females. The questionnaire instrument used was based on a 5 point-Likert scale from Strongly Disagree 1, Disagree 2, Neutral 3, Agree 4 and Strongly Agree 5. All the items in the questionnaire tested job satisfaction aspects of the faculty members. The data was analysed by the use of the descriptive statistics using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) software. An analysis of the data by use of ANOVA revealed a significant difference in job satisfaction between the faculties. For the independent variable of age, ANOVA analysis showed that there was no significant difference in job satisfaction between the age groups. As far as the third independent variable of gender was concerned, the result showed that there was no significant difference between males and females in job satisfaction of the teachers in the university. The study was guided by Herzberg (1959) Motivational Hygiene theory. Herzberg believes that employees tend to be motivated by factors like personal advancement, achievement & development, responsibility and recognition in the execution of their duties. Keywords: teachers’ perceptions, job satisfaction, faculties, age, gender For downloading the full article, please access the following link: http://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejes/article/view/671 ohamed Mahat Ali TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG DIFFERENT FACULTIES OF A UNIVERSITYIN JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 3 │ Issue 4 │ 2017 654  European Journal of Education Studies ISSN: 2501 - 1111ISSN-L: 2501 - 1111 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 653