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Survey of Teachers' quality of Work Life in Mehriz in 2018
 
 
Seyed saeed Mazloomy mahmoodabad (Ph.D)¹, Reyhaneh Zarezadeh(M.Sc.)²  ,Mahsa Khodayarian(Ph.D)³ , Hossein fallahzadeh(Ph.D)⁴
 
1.Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi  University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran.
2.M.Sc., student of Health Education, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi  University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran.
3.Assistant Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi  University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran.
4.Professor, Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi  University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran.
 
 
ABSTRACT
 
Introduction: The quality of work-life plays a significant role in employee satisfaction and organizational effectiveness. Due to their direct educational impacts, teachers play a unique role in nurturing future generations of society. This study aimed to investigate the quality of the work-life of teachers in Mehriz City.
Methods: This descriptive practical study was carried out among 440 people as the study population. We selected 248 people randomly by cluster sampling method. The data collection tools included the Ilgan Quality of work-life Questionnaire. To analyze the data, we used descriptive and inferential statistics and SPSS software.
Results: The findings showed that the quality of the work-life of teachers was at a desirable level, but the wages and benefits were at an unacceptable level.
Conclusion: The findings of this study emphasized that the principal concern of the teachers in Mehriz was the issue of wages and benefits. Therefore, teachers not satisfied with their current salary cannot have ideal creativity, planning, and educational efficiency. Although the reward of a teacher's work is not just in the form of material rewards, the reality is that a decent wage is a necessity to live a dignified life.
 
Keywords: Quality of Work-Life, Teachers
Conflict of interest: The authors declared that there is no Conflict interest.
 
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