National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Human beings like all other organisms seek satisfaction rather than deprivation. It is a feeling of well-being or pleasure when you have fulfilled a desire or covered a need. In achieving satisfaction, the mental functioning of the human being is in harmony. Satisfaction contributes to happiness while, on the contrary, dissatisfaction generates suffering. In our society, teaching is one of the best and noble professions and the teacher is a prominent personality in this world. Among all levels of teachers, primary school teachers are those who play a vital role in nurturing the young minds. So, teacher has a significant role in making the students life bright and productive. The present study was conducted with a purpose of determining “job satisfaction of primary school teachers in Dharwad district” and to assess the factors influencing the job satisfaction of teachers. The sample comprised of 54 female teachers which randomly selected from six purposively selected primary schools in Dharwad district. Job satisfaction scale developed by Kanungo (1982) was used to measure the levels of job satisfaction of primary school teachers. In this study, Karl Pearson’s Correlation was used to assess the relationship of independent variables with job satisfaction. The t-test was used to assess the difference between age, religion, education, type of school and locale of school. ANOVA for Length of service and pay package with regarding job satisfaction. It showed that majority of the teachers were highly satisfied with their job. Results also revealed that type of School and pay package of teachers were positively and significantly related to job satisfaction of primary teachers. The t-test revealed that there were significant differences found between type of school (Government and private) in terms of Job satisfaction of primary school teachers. It indicated that private school teachers were more satisfied with their job compared to government school teachers. Analysis of variance indicated that there were no significant difference found between pay package and length of service in terms of job satisfaction.
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