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anywhere and at any level (Supriyono, registered in private schools. There were
2018). Some teachers feel satisfied with only a small number of graduates who
working while others are not. Colquitt were successfully registered at state
states that a person's satisfaction at work schools. The rest did not continue their
depends on the value he gets at his formal school because they continued
workplace (Colquitt et al., 2015). The their study at boarding schools, because
meaning of value for a variety of people is of economic limitations, work, and even
different. Some are pursuing salaries and married.
some are pursuing careers or work The national examination results of
satisfaction even though they are not well the 2018/2019 academic year reveal that
paid (Rodiyana, 2019; Sulfemi & Bogor State Junior High School 17 ranked
Mayasari, 2019; Suwandi & Sari, 2019). the lowest out of 20 State Junior High
Danumiharja states that several Schools in Bogor City (Puspendik (Pusat
factors affect teachers’satisfaction Penilaian Pendidikan), 2017). This school
(Danumiharja, 2014), namely employee maximizes the acceptance of students
benefits, security at work, good working with certificates of disability, low-income
conditions or social needs, opportunities families, and Smart Indonesian Card
for self-development, and fostering good (KIP). The new students are admitted
relations between teachers and students. using the zoning system so that students
These employee benefits can be in the who are accepted come from the area
form of material such as salary or non- around the school. Even so, the teachers
material such as awards. The feeling of who teach at this school look satisfied and
security at work can be in the form of a happy in carrying out their work.
sense of security regarding family, career, Several previous studies have
or the future (Ibda, 2018). The good discussed teachers’ job satisfaction
working conditions or social needs (Rusydiati, 2017), optimization of
concern with the social relationships with teachers’ job satisfaction (Hardianto,
coworkers or superiors. Opportunities for 2018), teachers’ job satisfaction
self-development is needed by the relationships, teacher competency, and
teachers because knowledge is developing job (Kumala et al., 2018), teachers’
significantly so that the teachers should motivation and job satisfaction (Tukiyo,
adjust themselves to the development of 2015), and the level of teachers’ job
time. The opportunity to foster teachers’ satisfaction (Irwani, 2017). This study
relationships with students will make both analyzed the main causes of teachers’ job
parties comfortable and increase teachers’ satisfaction in remote environments.
job satisfaction (Subekti et al., 2018;
Wahyuni, 2018). METHOD
Also, Colquitt mentions that the This study employed the qualitative
work environment is one of the criteria approach of the phenomenology method.
for job satisfaction (Colquitt et al., 2015). The subjects of this study were the
If the environment can provide comfort teachers at the State Junior High School
even though its location is far from where 17 Bogor consisted of 15 main
the teacher lives, there will be no desire to respondents and 2 supporting
change jobs. This is in line with the respondents. The data collection
teachers who teach in one of the schools technique used was a structured interview.
located on the edge of the city of Bogor, The data were analyzed descriptive-
precisely in the District of South Bogor. qualitatively. The steps of data analysis
This school is bordered by Bogor were 1) analysis phase: the researcher
Regency and Sukabumi, West Java. The described the events or phenomena
majority of graduates of this school are experienced directly by the teacher, 2)
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Conclusion
Based on the first question and the students, help the students, get to know
fifth question, the researcher found that characters and get knowledge from
most respondents claimed to be teachers students. The respondents worked without
were not their ideals from childhood. a burden because it was done sincerely.
However, the majority of respondents From the second question and the
studied at the education and teacher third question, it was found that the
training faculty. The respondents became respondents claimed different ways of
teachers because they were forced or starting work. The respondents said they
because of ideals from childhood stated were satisfied working at the State Junior
that they were satisfied with being High School 17 Bogor. The satisfaction
teachers. The profession of a teacher is was due to factors of friends and family.
rewarding work because it lets them share The satisfaction experienced by the
knowledge with others, advise the respondents made a great distance to
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arrive at the school no longer felt. The school, namely because their peers at
rather heavy teaching burden did not school were good, understanding, not
become a burden anymore. The nosy, caring and not individualist,
researchers assumed that the teachers provided advice when they made mistakes
enjoyed the location of the school without insinuating, and liked to joke and
although it was far in the remote area. The talk. Those natures caused the
respondents felt the same fate and respondents to be happy and comfortable
responsibility in working. It was caused teaching at the State Junior High School
by a good relationship among them and 17 Bogor.
they can accept each other's strengths and The explanation of the peers
weaknesses. phenomenon resulted in a proposition that
The fourth question indicated that is to get high job satisfaction, good
not all respondents intended to transfer to friendship relationships at work must be
another job. Most respondents did not improved. With high job satisfaction,
want to transfer from this school. The teachers are satisfied, comfortable, and
teachers did not intend to transfer to reluctant to change workplaces. Ways to
another job because they enjoy and were achieve this proposition are: 1) holding
satisfied working at the school. For the events to strengthen family ties, 2)
teachers who wanted to transfer to another maintaining friendships, 3) minimizing
job, they continued to teach as usual and seniority, 4) reprimanding teachers for
kept trying to be successfully transferred. their mistakes politely, not in front of
Their efforts were varied, some submitted people and not using innuendos, 5)
applications as prospective supervisors, assigning the tasks alternatively so that all
seek information to move to the structural can have experience of doing the tasks, 6)
field of work, lobbied the authorized delegating tasks or committees to teachers
officials, and looked for loopholes to by performance, not based on the
move to other schools. Employment Sequence List, and 7)
The sixth, third, fourth questions are facilitating the teachers in licensing and
interrelated. The respondents gave career development.
different answers about how to deal with
moods and emotions. The respondents The Altruism Phenomenon
dealt with moods and emotions by Most respondents became teachers
spending time with friends. The pleasant not because of the ideals of childhood.
friends and close family relations were However, after undergoing work as a
manifestations of the main causes of their teacher, they said that they were satisfied
job satisfaction at this school and the working as teachers. Based on the
reasons for not wanting to transfer from answers from the respondents, the
this school. Based on the interview, it was researchers analyzed the altruism
found that the teachers were satisfied with phenomenon. Altruism is the character of
their job due to several things, namely 1) a generous spirit (Gula, 2009). Altruism is
the peers phenomenon, 2) the indicated by helping others and moral
phenomenon of altruism, and 3) the causes (Colquitt et al., 2015). This
phenomenon of enjoyment. phenomenon rose after the researchers
analyzed the respondents' answers
The Peers Phenomenon regarding the satisfaction of being a
The researcher analyzed the initial teacher. The respondents claimed to be
questions of work and job satisfaction at satisfied being teachers because teachers
the State Junior High School 17. The can help other people. The meaning of
researcher found one reason that the helping others is very broad, including
respondents were satisfied working at the sharing knowledge, inspiring students,
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competence, 3) setting a good example in school, no matter how often the school
building professionalism and producing principal changes, it will not be a matter
real work, and 4) if the principal assigned and will not make them lost. This is
is less competent, then the teachers must because the teachers are independent and
tighten their bond and be the one to keep can become teacher mobilizers following
the school working properly. Mover their tracks. 3) Guiding the newly
teachers are teachers who prioritize assigned principal, 4) giving input to the
students and learning above all and do the new principal, and 5) supporting the new
best actions without being told (Bunga & principal’s program.
Purwanto, 2019). In an institution, there
must be at least one mover teacher. e. Enjoyment depends on idealism and
motivation to pursue the career
d. Close relationship because the ever- The teachers at the Junior High
changing school principals School 17 Bogor can quickly get the
The principal at the Junior High desired career position because they see
School 17 Bogor is changed almost every career as the main goal. The proposition is
year. The change is highly frequent that if you want to pursue a career and see
compared to other schools. This caused the reality of education, then teaching at
all school members to quickly adapt to the the Junior High School 17 Bogor is the
new school principal. The Junior High right choice. The steps that can be are 1)
School 17 Bogor has become a stepping doing a job or mentoring students without
stone for the new headmaster before being told, 2) being active in school
transferring to another school in the city. activities, 3) giving input to the
Frequently changed principals made the stakeholders regarding educational ideas
school policies and regulations often and innovations, 4) carrying out PAIKEM
changed. Teachers tended to be obedient GEMBROT (Active Learning,
to the principal. They assumed the Innovative, Creative, Effective, Fun,
principal was only temporary but their Joyful, and Substantive), 5) carrying out
colleagues can be forever. This tasks without expecting rewards, 6)
assumption made their relationship helping coworkers in need, and 7)
stronger. The new principal has been well becoming a pleasant person.
received by all school members.
The role of the principal is very The Essence of Research
important for a school. The ever-changing The researchers analyzed the
principal has an impact on the immature phenomenon to get the essence. The
development of education of the school. researcher analyzed the essence of the
However, the change of the principal is a phenomena and propositions that are
necessity for schools located in remote formed and how to obtain those
areas. The proposition is that the propositions. Researchers found the
development in the Junior High School 17 essence of the three phenomena. The
Bogor goes according to plan and the essences obtained from the teachers’ job
teachers must unite in building the school. satisfaction at the Junior High School 17
This can be achieved by 1) having the Bogor are to provide benefits, reward, and
same vision and mission in building good deeds/worship.
schools, 2) supporting school change, and Teachers carried out beneficial
making small changes starting from their activities as a part of worshiping God.
classes (Media Indonesia, 2019). Teachers The reward from God is better than
can make significant changes starting expecting respect and appreciation from
from the classroom. If the mindset of the humans (Teguh Ibrahim & Robandi,
teachers has been embedded to build the 2020). The teachers sincerely worked
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even though far from the city center, got a in the end, the respondents enjoyed
low salary, and shared with students from working at this school.
poor families. A sense of religiosity depends on
Researchers analyzed worship, the level of faith (Nasrullah, 2015). The
benefit, and reward as the manifestation condition of one's faith goes up and down.
of a sense of religiosity. This sense of Conducive conditions are needed so that
religiosity made the teachers felt useful, the level of one's faith remains stable or
what they did rewarding, and made their even increased. If the faith decreases, it is
work as part of worship. This sense of expected not to decrease even further.
religiosity beat salary, the school distance, School as an organization must be able to
the condition of schools, and the create a work climate that is conducive to
conditions of students who came from the faith of its workers so that the sense of
economically disadvantaged and low religiosity is maintained and even
academic abilities. increased. Increased sense of religiosity
According to Eid and El Gohary, a will have an impact on teachers’ job
sense of religiosity is different from satisfaction.
religion. Religiosity can be interpreted as The researchers believed that the
something that is closely related to manifestations of attitudes of those who
individual experience, individual beliefs, are accustomed to ease and adequacy of
and religious rituals (Firmansyah et al., wealth will be different compared to the
2019). Religiosity can be defined as an teachers who teach at low-grade and
individual's tendency to view all forms of distant schools. Humans try to find ways
life and events both positive and negative to live a good life. If there is a human
as a whole and connected with the overall who survives in an uncomfortable
value of life with God (Hadjam et al., condition, then there is something that
2003). Ahmad Baihaqi, quoted from causes him to survive. That something is a
Ghozali and Samsari’s, states that sense of religiosity.
religiosity has a positive effect on job The way to increase the sense of
satisfaction (Baihaqi, 2015). religiosity can be by 1) linking things that
This sense of religiosity caused are found either positive or negative with
respondents to be satisfied working at the the power of God, 2) linking all struggles
Junior High School 17 Bogor even though with rewards that God will give to His
they faced external and internal servants who are straight in His path, be
difficulties. External difficulties are the patient, and sincere, 3) transmitting the
school distance; low-grade school spirit of religiosity to all school members
condition, academically and socio- either by example, publication, praise, or
economically low students. Internal appreciation, and 4) conducting activities
difficulties include a small salary or that increase the faith and piety for all
financial condition. school members. The sense of religiosity
The respondents saw all kinds of itself does affect job because of the better
life's trials in working as a whole and the religiosity, the better the job
were related to the overall value of life satisfaction.
with God. A sense of religiosity has
become the fundamental foundation of CONCLUSION
teachers in working. This sense of This study analyzed the teachers
religiosity was created by the solidarity who teach at the Junior High School 17
among peers because of a well- Bogor based on several factors
maintained sense of unity and kinship and (phenomena) including the peers
altruism to students and colleagues so that phenomenon, altruism, and enjoyment.
Although the teaching profession is not
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