Relationship between Stress and Work Orientation among Junior College Lecturers

The present investigation aims at pursuing the Stress and work orientation among the teaching population at selected Junior Colleges in Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh, South India. Presently many Junior Colleges are running under different managements. In view of the up-to-date system in higher education, the researcher is interested to probe in to the work orientation and stress of all category teachers, which may facilitate the educational experts as well as the district administration to study the teacher problems, so as to facilitate better education it the coming generation. The data were collected from 214 teachers from some selected Junior Colleges by using the two standardized questionnaires namely Teacher Stress (Indira, 1996) tool consists of 40 items covering with four areas viz., Intensity of work, Students Behavior, Professional Growth and Extrinsic Annoyers are taken into consideration. While Teacher Work Orientation (Indira, 1996) tool consists of 17 items covering with two dimensions viz., Achievement Orientation and Affiliation Orientation aspects are taken into consideration. The data were analyzed with the help of statistical analyses by using Means, Standard Deviations, Critical ratios and Correlations. The results were discussed according to the significant values obtained. Based on the results certain findings and conclusions were drawn. Overall the study marked some educational implications.