Appreciation Practice and Teacher's Job Performance

Abstract

In this era, people tend to seek understanding and acknowledgement in their work. This situation makes appreciation practice in the working environment increasingly important. This study investigates the appreciation practice and the teachers' job performance. The study is a pre-research on the appreciation practice and teachers’ job performance among the teachers who study at the National University of Malaysia (UKM). This study is important as people nowadays hope their hard work pays off. When the worker is not encouraging, it might affect their job performance. Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory and Maslow's Hierarchy Theory were applied to this study. Quantitative research was conducted with a questionnaire as an instrument. Pilot tests were carried out to validate the questionnaire. Mann Whitney U-Test was carried out to investigate the mean differences in the job performance of the teachers and gender. There are no mean differences between the job performance of the teachers and gender. However, there are some implications for school leaders to improve teacher satisfaction and acknowledgement of their job.