A Comparative Study of Job Satisfaction of Male and Female University Teachers

Abstract

Job Satisfaction is one of the feeling experienced when an individual wishes are met and have positive emotional response you experience when doing your job or when you are present at work. The present study aimed to measure and compare the level of job satisfaction of male and female university teachers.  It was hypothesised that male university teachers will have low level of job satisfaction as compared to female university teachers and there will be significant difference in the male and female university teachers regarding their job satisfaction. Teachers Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ) 1996 by Kumar P. and Mutha D. N. was used to collect the sample from the participants. Sample consisted of 50 male and 50 female teachers from different private universities of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The obtained data was analysed through descriptive as well as inferential statistics (independent sample t-test). The findings revealed that male university teachers have high level of job satisfaction then the female university teachers. However, the difference was not found to be statistically significant.