Some Socio-Psychological Correlates of Job Satisfaction in Tribal School Teachers

The paper examines the main and interaction effects of types of educational institution, age, religion and sex on job satisfaction of tribal school teachers. Using personal data questionnaire and job satisfaction scale, data were collected from a stratified random sample of 320 school teachers, the stratification was based on types of school (public/private), age (young/old), religion (Christian/non-Christian) and sex (male/female). Analysis of data based on F test revealed that public school teachers as compared to private school teachers were more satisfied with their job. No clear-cut picture emerged on the relationship of job satisfaction with religion but Christian school teachers seemed to show slightly better job satisfaction than did Non-Christian Tribals. It was found that female teachers as compared to male teachers were, by and large more satisfied with their jobs. Age did not produce any effect on job satisfaction.