Teacher Effectiveness, Job Satisfaction and Job Commitment: A Review and Implication for the Teaching Profession in Developing Countries

Abstract

This review seeks to highlight some of the problems in the teaching profession in developing countries which make it virtually impossible for employers including governments in these countries to retain the qualified and effective teachers they spend so much money training. It is revealed in this review that for teachers, like all other workers, to be effective and stay in the classroom they are trained for, they must be satisfied so as to be committed and these two variables are important ingredients for effectiveness on any job. It is time employers including the national governments in developing countries cease from believing that teachers must always make sacrifices. The economic situations in these countries do not make any distinction between different workers. All are equally affected.