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Intrinsic Factors Influencing Primary School Teachers' Motivation

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Abstract

This paper aims to examine the impact of intrinsic factors i.e., trust and recognition, on Primary School teachers' motivation. Various teachers from different campuses were selected as the respondents. It is proven from various studies that a range of factors affects the teachers’ motivation level. It had been additionally important to get that there's an instantaneous and positive relationship between trust and recognition and employees' motivation. Hence, if trust and recognition offered to teachers, were to be altered, then there would be an opposite impact on teachers' motivation. Teachers’ motivation is very crucial for the promotion of teaching and learning excellence. Motivated teachers most probably inspire students to learn new things, confirm the implementation of academic reforms, and feelings of satisfaction and fulfilment. Whereas teachers’ motivation is instrumental in the learning and teaching process and a huge number of teachers are unmotivated.  Proper attention should be paid to on this observation and ought to be investigating the factors that enhance teachers’ motivation as motivation is crucial in attaining management goals in every organization.

Keywords

Intrinsic factors, Motivation, Trust, Recognition

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