Level of job satisfaction of the teachers working in private agricultural colleges

Job satisfaction level of the teachers working in private agricultural colleges affiliated with Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri was studied and it was observed that majority (69%) teachers had medium level of job satisfaction Most of them were males, middle aged, married, qualified M. Sc. (Agri.) and those were coming from joint and big families, they had medium level of motivation, aspiration, teaching attitude, salary received, workload, job involvement as well as occupational stress. Correlation analysis has revealed that age, sex, teaching experience, salary received, facilities available, job involvement and attitude towards college had significant relationship with job satisfaction (p= 0.01). The correlation of job satisfaction with educational qualification, type of family, size of family, in service training, publication behaviour, participation in professional organization, workload, achievement motivation, level of aspiration and occupational stress were found be not significant. The value of coefficient of multiple determinations (R²) was 0.65 indicating 65 per cent variation in the level of job satisfaction due to the eighteen parameters considered during present investigation.