Career Decision Regret as a Predictor: Do Teachers and Administrators Regret Due to Their Career Choice?

Abstract

This research aims to explore the relationship between career decision regret, job satisfaction and life satisfaction aswell as determining whether career decision regret significantly predicts job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Havinga descriptive research design, the research has employed relational survey model. The population of the researchholds a total of 7671 teachers and administrators who work at pre-school education institutions, primary, secondaryand high schools located within the central provinces of Kahramanmaraş. The research sample consists of 365participants who have been selected through a random sampling method. The research has deployed “CareerDecision Regret Scale”, “Job Satisfaction Scale” and “Satisfaction with Life Scale”. Independent groups t-test,one-way ANOVA test, Pearson correlation and regression analysis have been used during data analysis. Researchresults have revealed that teachers’ and school administrators’ career decision regret is at “a little” level; they haveexperienced a medium level of general, intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction; they are at the level of “neither agree nordisagree" in terms of life satisfaction; there is a negative and medium level relation between career decision regretand life satisfaction and between career decision regret and job satisfaction; a significant, positive and medium levelrelation between job satisfaction and life satisfaction; career decision regret is a significant predictor of jobsatisfaction and life satisfaction; 25% of the total variance of job satisfaction and 22% of the total variance of lifesatisfaction level of teachers are explained by career decision regret.