Influence Of Occupational Stress On Primary School Teacher With Respect To Locality, Type Of School And Gender
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Abstract
Enhancement of human dignity and all round development of employees in work place leads to higher efficiency and effectiveness of an organization. A Teacher at times due to social positions plays multiple roles. And it is reflected in her performance and behavior at work place. Now a day’s teachers are dissatisfied and filled with emotional exhaustion, stress, low levels of job satisfaction resulting in high attrition rate. A study was undertaken by researcher in order to see the influence of occupational stress on primary teachers with respect to locality, type of school and gender. Descriptive survey method of investigation was employed in this study. Random sampling technique was used for this study. Sample consisted of 100 primary school teachers of kapurthala district. In this study, the evaluation of occupational stress among teachers, Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI) by Dr. Joseph and Dr. Dharmangdan was used. Results revealed that there was no significant difference in Occupational Stress of Rural and Urban primary teachers. There was no significant difference in Occupational Stress of Government and private primary teachers. There was no significant difference in Occupational Stress of male and female primary teachers.