Job stress: A study on Primary school teachers in Gajapathi Dist. Odisha

People don't remember the last time they participated in any one of the relaxing activities. Today they are generally obsessed with the need to be the move. Although, we recognize the need for (or even desire for) relaxation, it's often difficult to stop and take time to relax. Job stress is one of the major health hazards of the modern workplace. It accounts for much of the physical illness, substance abus e, and family problems experienced by millions of blue and white-collar workers. Also, Job stress and stressful working condi tions have been linked to low productivity, absenteeism, and increased rates of accidents on and off the job

The Objective of this paper is to identify the levels of stress in primary school teachers in a block, Gajapathi Dist., Odisha. The respondents are 150 primary school teachers.

Data analysis has been done and graphical approach was followed for explaining some economic relationships. Bar charts, pie charts, line graphs were used where ever appropriate. For analyzing the results of the Stress, 20 questions weighted average, corresponding percentage scores and overall mean score were also calculated to know the nature of stress in the research area. After tabulation and the calculation of weighted averages for each table separately the same have been presented.

The research instrument is a structured questionnaire through which researcher collects data in Likert five point scale. In this, the researcher defined the problem by observation of a teacher's job radius and the activities attached. With a good response from various respondents, this study has observed that the teachers are undergoing high level stress due to some parameters in their job along with the difference of age group also.