Understanding the Teacher Motivation
A Synthesis of Key Influencing Factors from the Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22006382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zafarullah Sahito (0000-0002-8627-5480, Sukkur IBA University, corresponding author), Mazen Omar Almulla (0009-0009-1952-3083, King Faisal University), Danish Jumani (Sukkur IBA University), Abdulaziz Mohammed Alismail (0009-0005-5972-3320, King Faisal University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21582440251392703 |
| OpenAlex | W4416683800 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 62 |
This study explored the factors affecting teacher motivation with recommendations given by the 68 published research studies. The 68 research studies were conducted across the world that is, in the U.S., Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia, and Tanzania. This study was conducted to review the recruited published literature based on their results and the way of researching to understand teacher motivation. Furthermore, it was studied from some immense perspectives to highlight the factors affecting teacher motivation contextually to recommend a particular way of coping with the hindering faces of teachers. All the selected studies were conducted with diverse approaches and different contexts providing similar and dissimilar insights as the findings. The core factors of positive and effective teacher motivation include the high salary, financial incentives, the feeling of autonomy, self-motivation, professional development, job design, content knowledge, effective working conditions, performance management system, students’ willingness to learn, positive responses from students and using diverse approaches. On the other hand, unfavorable policies regarding teaching, low salaries, lack of resources, and a heavy workload were found the main factors affecting negatively teacher motivation, whose continuity affects the psychological conditions of teachers
Burnout · Content analysis · Feeling · Workload · School Leadership and Teacher Performance · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies · Teacher Professional Development and Motivation
The impact of physics teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge and motivation on students’ achievement and interest
Principals' leadership and teachers' motivation
The factors associated with teachers’ job satisfaction and their impacts on students’ achievement
Influence of Madrasah Head Leadership, Motivation and Madrasah Culture on Teacher Performance in Madrasah Aliyah Model 2 Medan
Impact of Transformational and Transactional Attributes of School Principal Leadership on Teachers’ Motivation for Work
Preschool teachers’ learning opportunities in their initial teacher education and in-service professional development – do they have an influence on preschool teachers’ science-specific professional knowledge and motivation
Teachers’ motivation to participate in continuous professional development
Teacher judgments predict developments in adolescents’ school performance, motivation, and life satisfaction
Effects of a teacher development program on teachers' knowledge and collaborative engagement, and students' achievement in computational thinking concepts
Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into the strategy of higher education institutions
Education for Sustainable Development
Principals’ leadership behaviours that shaped teachers’ motivation to implement an educational ICT reform imposed by state authorities in Israel
Classroom management and mastery-oriented instruction as mediators of the effects of teacher motivation on student motivation
Understanding Vietnamese college students’ self-efficacy beliefs in learning English as a foreign language
Integrating Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Collective Efficacy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |