Teachers are the backbone of an educational activity. The success and failure of educational activities highly depends on their performance. Their performance is directly linked to process and product of education. Therefore, the performance of teachers is emphatic for the improvement of education. This study centered on the investigation of the relationship between professional autonomy of teachers and their job performance in higher education institutions. The study covers the HEI affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. The descriptive research design was used. The objectives of the study were to study the relationship between the professional autonomy and job performance of teachers. It also aims at finding the institution wise professional autonomy in HEI. The study was conducted in aided and self-financing colleges affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. 253 teachers working in aided and self-financing colleges were the samples, selected through simple random sampling. The data was collected through a questionnaire and was analyzed using Pearson's correlation and t-test. Results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between PA and JP. Teachers in self-financing institutions perceived a higher level of PA than teachers in Aided institutions.
Bharathiar University, Higher education institutions (HEI), Job performance (JP), Professional Autonomy (PA)
