Effective principals tend to produce satisfied teachers (Cerit, 2009)

Satisfied teachers are likely to be more enthusiastic and to spend more time and energy on
educating students (Cerit, 2009)
Teacher’s job satisfaction is important (Skaalvik, 2010)
When teachers enjoy their work, they do not want to leave their schools, as they are devoted or
committed to their job, and they do not want to abandon their profession – they are stimulated to
perform their job very well to achieve school goals. Teachers with high satisfaction could
outperform (Klassen & Chiu, 2010)
Hariri, Hasan (2011), Leadership styles, decision-making styles, and teacher job
satisfaction: an Indonesian school context. PhD thesis, James Cook University

The decision-making process is the basis of management systems. As a source of managing

human behaviors in an orderly manner, the decision-making process should always be
referenced. Permanence of organizations is related with successful management of
organizational variables like mission, association and coordination.
Decision-making is a matter of selection from different options (Uğurlu & Cömert, 2011)
An administrator is expected to choose the most appropriate solution when a problem is
encountered.
According to Oğuz (2019), the decision process in school administration is based on problem
solving. School administrators are in charge of making the right choice to solve a problem that
concerns the teachers in the school as well as any other school-related issue
Ugurlo, C.T. (2013). Effects of decision making styles of school administrators on general
procrastination behaviors. Egitim Arastirmalari-Eurasian Journal of Educational Research,
51,253-272.

Decision making is a process that guides actions. Decisions are based on the beliefs, values and
previous experiences of individuals. (https://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/decision-
making-five
tips.shtml#targetText=Decision%20making%20is%20sine%20qua,and%20previous%20experien
ces%20of%20individuals.)
 Daily life presents people with a nearly constant need to make decisions. Although
these decisions are vastly different, many experts have argued that individuals have
habitual tendencies to approach various problems in consistently similar ways (Dane &
Pratt, 2009)

Nicole L. Wood, (2012). Individual Differences in Decision-Making Styles as

Predictors of Good Decision Making, Master of Arts, Bowling Green State University

North house (2010) believed that “a teacher’s job satisfaction may serve to influence their
morale, motivation and general willingness to maximize their teaching potential”. Teachers
who are not satisfied with their jobs may result in bad teaching or learning process and
school effectiveness will consequently be negatively impacted.
Gakobo Margaret Nyiha, (2015). Influence Of Principals Leadership Styles On
Teachers Job Satisfaction In Public Secondary Schools In Kiambu Sub-County,
Kiambu County, Kenya, Master of Education in Educational Administration,
University of Nairobi

In an educational organization, principal plays a vital role. The principal is

responsible for all affairs of the school. The person who makes decisions about the school
is known as principal. The leader of an educational institution is principal. The principals
are always responsible for the management and other activities of school. Principal is
directly responsible to direct the teachers toward the goal of an organization. His attitude
with teachers creates a positive relationship with each other. The positive environment
creates when principal will use the suitable leaderships' styles for the staff (Mehrotra,
2005). According to Simmonds (1994) the principals' leadership style identified the
standard of education in the school. So the leadership in the educational organization is the
basic phenomenon. The teacher and principal are the basic aspects of quality for the
effective education.

Research has found that teachers who have higher levels of job satisfaction have
higher commitment to the profession and are less likely to leave the field of education to
pursue other career choices (Larkin, Brantley-Dias, & Lokey-Vaga, 2016).
There are many variables that may attribute to a teachers’ level of job satisfaction
including workplace conditions, pay, relationships with staff, student behavior, parent
participation, and a supportive administration (Abu-Taleb, 2013).
Teaching is one of the greatest professions and one that is ever evolving.
School districts and specifically teachers are expected to provide a high quality
education to all students. With the increase in accountability required by the No Child Left
Behind Reauthorization Act of 2008 (NCLB), school districts are under increased pressure
to ensure all students demonstrate academic achievement.
Teaching is one of the few vocations that have a lasting impact on society by having
a direct influence on future generations. It is one of the greatest professions and one that is
ever changing.
The teaching profession faces challenges that continuously reconfigure knowledge,
rules, skills, attitudes, and ways of professional development (Massari, 2015). Education
has changed and developed fundamentally due to social, cultural, and political changes
(Saeed et al., 2011).
Schools are under intense scrutiny by public and private stakeholders who question
the systems’ ability to fulfill its goals of teaching basic skills, instilling values, preventing
dropouts, and producing a productive workforce for society (Saeed et al., 2011).
Gwendolin J. Schwartz, (2017). The Relationship between Teacher Job Satisfaction
and Principal Leadership Styles, Doctor of Education, Carson-Newman University

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Nang Kham Aung, (2015). A Comparative Study Of Teachers’ Decision Making Styles
And Their Job Satisfaction In Four Selected Migrant High Schools In Mae Sot District,
Tak Province, Thailand, M.Ed. Candidate in Educational Administration, Graduate
School of Education, Assumption University, Thailand.