Abstract:
The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the level of morale in job performance of teachers in Pattani educational area 3, which was classified according to sanitation factors and motivation factors, 2) to study the difference of morale in job performance of the teachers in relevance to variables of demography and the situation, and 3) to find out the problems and obstacles within job performance of the teachers.
Samples used for this research were 350 teachers in Pattani educational area 3, which were selected by proportional stratified random sampling. The tool which used for gathering the data was a Likert-scale questionnaire measuring morale in job performance of teachers with a reliability of 0.88. The statistics used for the analysis were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, F test, and HSD (Honestly Significant Difference).
The results of the study revealed that:
1. The overall of morale in job performance of teachers in Pattani educational
area 3 was moderate, but the growth and the development of morale was in high level.
2. The overall of morale in job performance of the teachers in relevance to gender, age, marital status, religion, working experience in the area, school location, unexpected events happened to their closed ones and unexpected events happened in their school were significantly different at 0.05 level. But on the side of hometown location, educational degree level, income per-month, using Malayu dialect as a medium of communication, presence of peace force keepers at school were not significantly different.
3. The problems and obstacles in job performance as a whole in Pattani educational area 3 were: security of life and property and satisfaction with additional welfare. The suggestions from this research was that the government must have better strategies in maintaining the effective security and better additional welfare for the teachers in order to promote morale in job performance.