by Imtiyaz hussain kawa

1. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG PHYSICAL
EDUCATION TEACHERS OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
by
Imtiyaz hussain kawa
student of physical education
Aligarh Muslim university Aligarh

2. The present era is known as an era of cut throat
competition. Time has gone when anyone could have
innumerable choices to earn their livelihood. In
present times the organization has to take care of
many important things among which job satisfaction
is considered as the backbone. Many authors have
defined job satisfaction in different ways. For
example, Locke (1976) defined job satisfaction as the
pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from
an appraisal of one's job or job experiences.

3. Job satisfaction
It is the individual’s collection of feelings and beliefs
towards their job. Some of the factors like congenial
working conditions, opportunities for development, respect
and co-worker’s relationship with supervisors etc. can
result in high job satisfaction.

4. Job dissatisfaction
it can be defined when a person is not satisfied with
his job. On the other hand, when a person is not able
to meet his needs by the package of his job.

5. cont.
Job dissatisfaction is not antonymous to job satisfaction. The
term dissatisfaction denotatively refers to “a feeling that you
are not pleased and satisfied.

6. Private school
A private school refers to a school wholly owned and
maintained by a person, body of persons or any
institution other than the government.

7. Government school
The school which is run or govern by the
government for providing the knowledge to the
children.

8. Government Schools
The term Government School is defined as a school
directly maintained and managed by the ministry or a
local authority.

9. review of literature pertaining to job satisfaction
(Hoppock, 1935), Teachers’ job satisfaction has been studied as an overall
construct and as a facet construct. In his research, Holdaway found that overall
satisfaction was closely related to “working with students, societal attitudes, and
status of teachers, recognition, and achievement”.
Gopal, et.al. (1985) analyzed several studies on Job satisfaction in the Library field.
He described 3 methods of increasing Job satisfaction. He asserts that Job
satisfaction leads to the effective functioning of the individuals and the
organization as a whole.

10. Cont.
Nzotta (1985) studied the factors associated with the Job Satisfaction of male and female
Librarians in Nigeria. He found that women derived greater Job Satisfaction from their work
than their counterparts. Women were more satisfied with the independence, security ability,
utilization and work conditions. On the other hand, men were more satisfied with Variety.
Balgir (1991) attempted to understand hygiene-motivational factors as postulated by
Hergeberg based on their need priorities that dominate the minds of Indian Managers
while continuing service in their respective Organizations. The results revealed that
Job Satisfaction, Salary, Job Security, better chances of promotion, happy Personal
life, high Position and friendly social circle are some of the motivating factors in that
order which strongly influence Indian Mangers.

11. Cont.
Mathew (1991) tested the relationship between Satisfaction and Organizational
commitment with a Non-recursive model that permitted the simultaneous
examination of the influence of satisfaction on commitment and the influence of
commitment on satisfaction. The study highlighted that the two variables were
reciprocally related but that the influence of satisfaction on commitment was
stronger.

12. Objectives of the study
1) To examine the mean difference of job satisfaction among physical education
teachers of Government and Private schools.
2)To examine the mean difference of job satisfaction among Male and Female
physical education teachers.
3)To examine the mean difference of job satisfaction among Rural and Urban
physical education teachers

13. Hypotheses:
HA1: There will be significant mean difference between physical education
teachers of Government and Private schools on job satisfaction.
HA2: There will be significant mean difference between Male and Female physical
education teachers on job satisfaction.
HA3: There will be significant mean difference between physical education
teachers of Rural and Urban areas on job satisfaction.

14. Limitations:
1) The present study was based on data collected from different areas of Aligarh
and the result may vary from other places of India or the national average.
2) In this study only those teachers were considered, who were presently working in
different government and private schools.
3) Only teachers having bachelor’s and master’s degree were considered in this
study.

15. Cont.
4) The survey was administered to a limited sample i.e. 40.
5) The adequate sample should be taken from all the districts of Utter Pradesh in
order to generalize the results.

16. Methodology
sample
The sample of the study consisted of 40 school teachers working in different
Government and Private schools in both rural and urban areas of Aligarh
Districts (Utter Pradesh) for the year 2018. A sample of 40 respondents was
used; there were 20 teachers from Government and 20 teachers from Private
schools. 50% were male and 50% were female that is 20 out of 40 respectively.
The average age of the respondents was 28 to 35 years

17. Tools
Tools consisted of a job satisfaction measure in this study, The Minnesota Satisfaction
Questionnaire (MSQ)-short form was used. Developed by David J. Weiss, Rene V. Davis
and Lloyd H. Lofquist (1966), the MSQ is a 20-item short version of the original 100-
item questionnaire. The satisfaction items are rated on a five-point Likert scale and
are scored as follows: “very dissatisfied: 1, dissatisfied: 2, neither agree nor
disagree: 3, satisfied: 4, and very satisfied: 5”.

18. Procedures
The survey was conducted by meeting the participants personally in various
Government and Private schools, therefore no dissimulation was used. They were
informed that the survey would take less than five minutes to complete.

19. Variables Job Type N Mean SD df t-value p
Job
Satisfaction
Private 20 72.70 4.62 38
3.342 <.05
Government 20 77.60 4.64 38
Results and findings
Table shows the mean score of job satisfaction of government and private teachers:
Table 1
The above table 1 reveals that there is a significant mean difference in job satisfaction
between government and private schoolteachers (t=3.342, p<.05). The mean score shows that
teachers of government schools are high in job satisfaction than their counterparts. Therefore,
the hypothesis HA1 that states that, there will be significant mean difference between physical
education teachers of Government and Private schools on job satisfaction stands supported.

20. Variables Gender N Mean SD df t-value p
Job Satisfaction
Male 20 72.90 5.19 38
3.001 <.05
Female 20 77.40 4.24 38
Table shows the mean score of job satisfaction of male and female teachers:
Table 4.2
The above table 4.2 reveals that there is a significant mean difference in job satisfaction
between male and female school teachers (t=3.001, p<.05). The mean score shows that the
female teachers are high in job satisfaction than their counterparts. Therefore, the
hypothesis HA2 that states that, there will be significant mean difference between Male and
Female physical education teachers on job satisfaction stands supported.

21. Variables Residences N Mean SD df t-value p
Job Satisfaction
Rural 20 74.15 5.71 38
1.222 >.05
Urban 20 76.15 4.56 38
Table shows the mean score of job satisfaction of rural and urban teachers:
Table 4.3
The above table 4.3 reveals that there is an insignificant mean difference in job satisfaction
between rural and urban school teachers (t=1.222, p>.05). The mean score shows that the urban
teachers are high in job satisfaction than their counterparts. Therefore, the hypothesis HA3
that states that, there will be significant mean difference between rural and urban physical
education teachers on job satisfaction does not stands supported.

22. Conclusion
Results show that female school teachers were found more satisfied than
their male counterparts. The study also revealed that government school
teachers are more satisfied than the private school teachers. This is due
to the flexibility, security of job, high wage and independence enjoyed by
government school teachers. Study shows that private school teachers are
very sensitive as regards wage payment. The Private Sector should revise
the salary structure. The result of this study shows that there is no
difference between the teachers on the basis of rural and urban areas.

23. Suggestion for further research
1. A study on the relationship between the duty and job satisfaction among teachers can be
undertaken.
2. A study on the level of personality factors and job satisfaction among teachers can further be
undertaken.
3. Comparative analysis can be made between school and college teachers. Similar study can be done
in case of college teachers.

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26. Thank you!