Job Stress Among Physical Eduaction Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh have intricate pattern of mountain ranges and valleys. There is much diversification in climatic and geographic conditions in this state. Various climatic zones range from sub-tropical (450mts-900mts) to warm temperate (900mts–1800mts), cold high mountain (2400mts–4000mts) and snow frigid (4000 mts–6500mts) above the sea level. Physical Education teachers have to work in different condition in various schools with and without sports facilities. For the present investigation two hundred physical education teachers working in the senior secondary schools of Himachal Pradesh were randomly drawn to act as subjects for the study. Out of these 200 teachers, there were 110 male and 90 female teachers. The purpose of the study was to find out significant difference of job stress among physical education teachers working in senior secondary schools of Himachal Pradesh. Another purpose was to understand the gender difference towards the variable under investigation. To achieve the objectives of the study, Occupational stress index (OSI) by A.K. Srivastava & Dr A.P. Singh (1984) was used as test scale for the collection of data. The analysis of data shows that female physical education teachers working in senior secondary Schools of Himachal Pradesh are comparatively more job stress than their male counterpart. While in private schools male teachers are more prone to stress than their female counterpart

Job satisfaction · Job stress · Mathematics education · Medical education · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Social Psychology