Organizational compassion, employee motivation and Job satisfaction among Teachers within Kampala District during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Abstract
The study sought to establish the relationship between organizational compassion,
motivation and job satisfaction among teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study
gave an insight into the level of organizational compassion received by teachers during the
Covid-19 pandemic, how it influenced their motivation and eventually how it influenced their
job satisfaction. A quantitative research approach was used while conducting the study. The
data was collected among teachers of primary schools in Kampala district. A cross sectional
survey was employed for this study and a standardized self administered questionnaire was
used to collect the data from the respondents. The collected data was analyzed using the
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The research findings showed that
organizational compassion has no significant relationship with amotivation, however that
there is a positive significant relationship between organizational compassion and both
intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The results also revealed that amotivation has no
significant relationship with job satisfaction, however that there is a positive significant
relationship between intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction and a positive significant
relationship between extrinsic motivation and job satisfaction. The study findings also
showed that there is a positive significant relationship between organizational compassion
and job satisfaction. A number of recommendations in regards to future research and people
involved in the teaching sector were made.