Factors affecting the reduction of job motivation of teachers of the second year of elementary school in Sabzevar city in virtual education

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1 University of birjand, Birjand, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of birjand, Birjand, Iran

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Background and Objectives: Job motivation is one of the most important criteria that should always be at a high level in the teacher community because it improves their professional performance and efficiency. Therefore, recognizing the factors affecting teachers' job motivation is particularly important. In virtual education, this issue is doubled due to the nature of this type of education. The present study was conducted to investigate the factors affecting the reduction of the job motivation of second-year primary school teachers in virtual education. Methods: The approach of this research was qualitative, and its method was thematic analysis. The statistical population included all teachers in the second year of elementary school in Sabzevar city, which was achieved using the purposive sampling method and after conducting interviews with ten people. Findings: In the current research, from the analysis of interviews, six main themes of educational issues, social and cultural issues, network and hardware issues, personal and family issues, administrative and organizational issues, and economic issues were identified as issues affecting teachers' job motivation. Each of these themes also had several sub-themes that show the differences in teachers' attitudes and perceptions regarding the causes affecting their job motivation. Conclusion: According to the research findings, education administrators should be sensitive to the factors affecting teachers' job motivation and provide the basis for increasing their job motivation.

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