A Study On Job Satisfaction Of Post-Graduate Teachers

Abstract

Teachers are powerful instruments for improving education quality through effective classroom practices. The major role of a teacher is to support learners in their search for new knowledge on a specified set of subjects. Job satisfaction is one factor that will ensure the class performance and productivity of schools. When educators are happy in their work, they will become more motivated to instruct kids successfully. Job satisfaction is closely related to the general level of aspiration in the society of particular social groups. Any work cannot be effectively done without satisfaction and job satisfaction is the combination of emotional and psychological experience at any work. The present investigation has been undertaken to study on job satisfaction of post-graduate teachers in Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram, and Vellore districts. The Job satisfaction scale was constructed by the researcher and supervisor. The present study uses of normative survey method, and the sampling technique used for the study is stratified random sampling. The sample consists of 800 post-graduate teachers. It is found that post-graduate teachers significantly differ in job satisfaction with respect to gender, locality of School, marital status, and type of management.  It is also inferred that there is no significant difference among post graduate teachers in job satisfaction with respect to their monthly income.