Machiavellianism Among Secondary School Teachers in Relation to Their Job Satisfaction

The purpose of this study was to examine Machiavellianism and job satisfaction among secondary school teachers. A sample of 181 secondary school teachers was selected randomly from various government and private schools of Patiala and Mansa districts. The data was collected using hindi version of Mach IV scale by Rai & Gupta (1987) and Job Satisfaction Scale by Dixit (1992). To test the hypothesis 't' test and annova one way was calculated. Result showed that there was no significant gender and locale differences but significant teaching experience difference in Machiavellianism. Results further also revealed that there was no significant gender differences but significant locale difference and teaching experience difference in job satisfaction and there was significant and negative correlation between Machiavellianism and job satisfaction among secondary school.