Occupational Stress, Anxiety and Job-Satisfaction among Female Government and Private School Teachers

Abstract

Teaching Profession is considered as one of the best occupations in this world. It is basically a competence building process which has the capacity to convert any human being into a wizard. The present study was designed to assess the occupational stress, anxiety and job satisfaction among the female teachers of government and private secondary level schools. The sample consisted of randomly selected 60 (30 Female government school teachers’ and30 Female private school teachers) college teachers 30-40 years. Occupational stress index developed and standardized by Srivastava and Singh and Job satisfaction scale developed and standardized by Singh and Sharma were administered on the teachers. The results of the study exposed that Female government school teachers have better job satisfaction and less occupational stress and anxiety than female teachers working in private schools. The finding of the present study also provides insight to private authorities to identify the causes behind stress and dissatisfaction to boost up the sense of security and satisfaction among private school teachers.