International Journal of Research in Social Sciences

  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 3

A Study of Organisational Environment Impact on Job Satisfaction of School Teachers

  • Author:
  • Balbir Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 854 to 867

Assistant Professor, Department of Evening Studies, Multi Disciplinary Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Abstract

Educational development of a nation is determined by the quality of school education imparted by the teachers to the students as it is a significant stage of education that helps in a child's overall development. At this level, teachers perform their teaching responsibilities and they serve as a role model for their students. As far the school administration is concerned, school principal work as a supervisor, controller and coordinator for the speedy completion of all the activities within the school. It is pertinent to acknowledge here that the democratic environment of the school represents a creative role in providing desirable education to the students. In a school, teachers are responsible to advance the activities school education through fullest use of their capabilities. However, school authorities are equally liable to ensure everyone's involvement in taking decisions, encourage teaching staff for mutual cooperation and ensure availability of adequate number of teachers in the school for promoting coordinated school environment and attaining the objectives laid down by the government. Every organisation is controlled by its environment. Therefore, it is urgent to understand the nature of organisational environment which has become the top most priority in the modern days.

In the present scenario, government schools are the main providers of school education in the country, therefore, it is the matter of fact that the teachers in these schools are overburdened with work as they are assigned large numbers of extra duties to perform which lead them to the job dissatisfaction. Apart from it, the environment of the school also influences the level of job satisfaction of teachers.

This paper is an attempt to check the impact of organisational environment on job satisfaction of school teachers. This paper is divided in to four sections: Section-I deals with the objectives, hypotheses, importance and research methodology of the study, Section-II discusses about job satisfaction and school environment, Section-III presents the responses of teachers regarding their satisfaction and Section IV focuses on the suggestions and conclusion.

Keywords

Organisation, Environment, Job Satisfaction