A Study of Job Satisfaction, Job Performance & Job Perception among Elementary School Teachers in Odisha

Abstract

Teaching is considered a highly stressful occupation. The profession of teaching used to be regarded labour of love until now. But many realities of classroom life have made teaching a stressful occupation. The present research is an attempt to explore the phenomenon of teachers job satisfaction, job performance & job perception. The theoretical perspectives on the focus area would be more appropriate here. The purpose of the study was to explore the levels of job satisfaction, job performance & job perception among elementary school teachers & identify the relationship among the selected demographic data with the satisfaction, performance & perception levels. The sample consisted of 600 teachers from 300 elementary schools in all over Odisha.The statistical techniques of descriptive statistics & Pearsons coefficient were employed to analyze the data. The findings of the study indicated that female teachers are more satisfied & female teachers were belonging to high level of job performance with job perception. The female teachers are more job satisfied. The male teachers are more stress in their work. More experience teachers are more job performance & more job perception. More qualification teachers are less job performance & less job perception.