Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Comparative Analysis of Job Satisfaction between Government v/s Private Primary School Teachers of Haryana, India


Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


A teacher is a core element of our educational system, a creator of humanity, and the builder of our society. A teacher is a backbone of a nation and its progress depends upon the education system. A significant part of our lives is focused on work, and job satisfaction is one of the most prominent theoretical matters in the context of an individual's life. Many people believe that educators build a society because they choose this career path because of the many advantages it offers in terms of career transformation, leadership, satisfaction, and healthy relationships with colleagues and students. The main objective of the current study was to determine the level of job satisfaction among primary school teachers, regardless of their employment status (private vs. government) or gender (male vs. female) in District Hisar, affiliated with the HBSE Board of Haryana. In this present research, 120 primary school teachers from both government and private schools were examined. The Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) Inventory by Spector (1994) was used to collect information. To achieve the objective, descriptive statistics and independent ttest were processed in this research study. The obtained data were analysed by using SPSS version 25.0. The findings revealed that was a significant difference between government and private primary school teachers. There was a higher level of satisfaction among government school teachers compared to private primary school teachers.

Keywords

job satisfaction survey, government primary school teachers, private primary school teachers
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


  • Benge, E. J., & Hickey, J. (1984). Morale and motivation. F. Watts.

  • Choy, S. P. (1993). Schools and staffing in the United States: A statistical profile, 1990- 91: SASS. United States Government Printing.

  • Dinham, S., & Scott, C. (1998). A three domain model of teacher and school executive career satisfaction. Journal of Educational Administration, 36, 362-378.

  • Dinham, S., & Scott, C. (2000). Moving into the third, outer domain of teacher satisfaction. Journal of Educational Administration, 38(4), 370-396.

  • Fields, D. L. (2002). Taking the measure of work: A guide to validated scales for organizational research and diagnosis. Sage.

  • Hoppock, R. (1935). Job satisfaction, harper and brothers. New York

  • Hulin, C. L., Judge, T. A., Borman, W. C., Ligen, D. R., & Klimoski, R. J. (2003). Job attitUdes. In W. C. Borman, D. R. Ilgen, R. J.Klimoski, and I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Industrial and organizational psychology (Vol. 12, pp. 255–276). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

  • Joshi, G. (1998). Job satisfaction, job involvement and work involvement among the employees of private and public sectors. Psychological Studies-university of Calicut, 43, 85-90.

  • Kaliski, B. S. (2007). Encyclopedia of business and finance, Thompson gale, Detroit, USA. Search in.

  • Koustelios, A. (2001). Organizational factors as predictors of teachers' burnout. Psychological Reports, 88(3), 627-634.

  • Lum, L., Kervin, J., Clark, K., Reid, F., & Sirola, W. (1998). Explaining nursing turnover intent: Job satisfaction, pay satisfaction, or organizational commitment? Journal of Organizational Behavior: The International Journal of Industrial, Occupational and Organizational Psychology and Behavior, 19(3), 305-320.

  • Mehta, S. (2012). Job satisfaction among teachers. IUP Journal of Organizational Behavior, 11(2), 54.

  • Mishra, M., & Pandey, S. (2014). A theoretical model on the determinants of workplace deviance among employees in the public service organizations of India. International Journal of Business Behavior, 2(3), 1321-1327.

  • Moncrief, W. C., Babakus, E., Cravens, D. W., & Johnston, M. W. (2000). Examining gender differences in field sales organizations. Journal of Business Research, 49(3), 245-257.

  • Newbury-Birch, D., & Kamali, F. (2001). Psychological stress, anxiety, depression, job satisfaction, and personality characteristics in preregistration house officers. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 77(904), 109-111.

  • Oshagbemi, T. (1999). Overall job satisfaction: How good are single versus multiple‐item measures? Journal of Managerial Psychology, 14(5), 388-403.

  • Pestonjee, D. M. (1991). Motivation and Job satisfaction. New Delhi: McMillan India Ltd.

  • Schermerhorn, R. J. (1993) Management for productivity (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.

  • Scott, C., Stone, B., & Dinham, S. (2001). I love teaching but.... international patterns of teacher discontent. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 9, 1-7.

  • Sharma, S. K., & Kumari, A. (2004). Job satisfaction of the employees. Sajosps, 4(2), 64-67.

  • Sinha, D. (1972). The satisfaction and job behaviour. New Delhi: Shree Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human resource.

  • Spector, P. (2008). Industrial and organisational behaviour (5th edition). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.

  • Spector, P. E. (1985). Measurement of human service staff satisfaction: Development of the Job Satisfaction Survey. American Journal of Community Psychology, 13(6), 693.

  • Van den Berg, R. (2002). Teachers' meanings regarding educational practice. Review of Educational Research, 72(4), 577-625.


Abstract Views: 267

PDF Views: 0




  • Comparative Analysis of Job Satisfaction between Government v/s Private Primary School Teachers of Haryana, India

Abstract Views: 267  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

Rachna Rani
Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract


A teacher is a core element of our educational system, a creator of humanity, and the builder of our society. A teacher is a backbone of a nation and its progress depends upon the education system. A significant part of our lives is focused on work, and job satisfaction is one of the most prominent theoretical matters in the context of an individual's life. Many people believe that educators build a society because they choose this career path because of the many advantages it offers in terms of career transformation, leadership, satisfaction, and healthy relationships with colleagues and students. The main objective of the current study was to determine the level of job satisfaction among primary school teachers, regardless of their employment status (private vs. government) or gender (male vs. female) in District Hisar, affiliated with the HBSE Board of Haryana. In this present research, 120 primary school teachers from both government and private schools were examined. The Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) Inventory by Spector (1994) was used to collect information. To achieve the objective, descriptive statistics and independent ttest were processed in this research study. The obtained data were analysed by using SPSS version 25.0. The findings revealed that was a significant difference between government and private primary school teachers. There was a higher level of satisfaction among government school teachers compared to private primary school teachers.

Keywords


job satisfaction survey, government primary school teachers, private primary school teachers

References





DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2022%2Fv13i4%2F218216