A Study On Occupational Stress Among College Teachers With Special Reference To Nalbari District, Assam

Abstract

In today’s world, every individual experiences a different amount of stress, some have personal and some have occupational stress. The present study tries to know the level of occupational stress among college teachers, with special reference to Nalbari district, Assam. The major objectives of the paper are- to study the level of occupational stress among college teachers, to comparing the level of occupational stress on the basis of gender and to comparing the level of occupational stress on the basis of types of colleges. In this study of total of 100 teachers of private and government colleges were selected from Nalbari district of Assam and the sample were collected through a simple random technique. The occupational stress index developed by Dr. A. K. Srivastava and Dr. A.P. Singh was used as tool to measure the occupational stress. The results were analyzed by using percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test. The result indicates that 18% teachers have low occupational stress, 39% teachers have moderate occupational stress and 43% teachers have high occupational stress. Insignificance difference has been observed in the mean score of occupational stress between male and female teachers and significance difference has been observed in mean score of occupational stress between private and government college teachers.