RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND JOB STRESS AMONG HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS

Abstract

The fundamental reason behind directing the review is to examine the
“Relationship between job satisfaction and job stress among High School teachers in
Public and Private sectors”. The population of the study contained all the Public and
Private High Schools of District Malakand. All the male teachers of Public and
Private High Schools in district Malakand were target for the population of the study.
Sample of 50 teachers from Public and 50 teachers from Private were selected
randomly from the target population of Public and Private High Schools of District
Malakand. The tools used were Teachers Job Satisfaction scaled questionnaire
consisting 15 items and Teacher Stress Inventory questionnaire consisting 15 items.
Data was analyzed through SPSS. Frequencies, percentages, and Means were used as
descriptive statistics for organizing and summarizing data while “Correlation
(Spearman's rho)” was used as inferential statistics to analyze data and get the
results. From the findings of this research, it’s clear that the majority of the teachers
of Government High Schools in district Malakand were satisfied in teaching job,
while the majority of the teachers of Private High Schools in district Malakand were
not satisfied in teaching job. According to current study less the stress more the
satisfaction in the prescribed jobs and vice versa. Furthermore, this study indicates
that the ability of teachers to deal with workplace stress can be minimize by better
handling physical and mental pressures at work and this can lead to an improvement
in the level of optimistic moral ethics, job satisfaction, social and attitudinal results
such as commitment and teachers’ efficiency. The uplifting outlook of the head,
understudies and partner helps a great deal in further developing the work fulfillment
of teacher. The chief really must stay away from tyrannical way of behaving; he
ought to be a decent manager, who finishes the work proficiently without harming the
pride of the teachers. He ought to take on a directing way to deal with the issues of
the teachers and never point at their flaws in public.