THE FACTORS OF TEACHER CAREER SATISFACTION

Career satisfaction as individuals' idiosyncratic evaluations of their own careers can be seen as the main component of career success in actual labor market. Research on career satisfaction has examined different occupational groups, but teachers still are the underrepresented group. For teachers, in particular, job satisfaction is influenced by contextual factors - organizational, interpersonal, or personal levels: extrinsic factors of school leadership and climate, societal factors of status and educational change, and intrinsic factors of facilitating students' achievements and self-growth. Little scientific literature examines the interactions between teachers' emotional intelligence and career satisfaction. The research problem of this inquiry is formulated as - how secondary school teachers perceive the factors of teacher career satisfaction. To compile the empirical research data qualitative content analysis method was used. The findings of the major domains presented were discovered using the method of the interview. The following career satisfaction factors were distinguished: emotional connection to work, emotional work conditions, psychological state and emotional background, personal characteristics and skills, which help to feel the career satisfaction, to control arising emotions, to identify them and to react accordingly.