A Study on Occupational Stress Among Teachers in Selective Engineering Colleges Affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Trichy

Abstract

This study focus on finding out the perceived level of occupational stress among teachers in selective engineering colleges affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Trichy.Stress is the major factor which affects the health and efficiency of a teacher. So the researcher prepared a questionnaire to measure the level of occupationalstress among teachers. For conducting the survey twenty eight colleges having crossed five years were chosen to collect samples. Out of the total (2065) population 422 teachers having completed two years of service in their present institution were circulated questionnaire for data collection. Collected data were analysed through SPSS software. Finally researcher found that some sociodemographic variables have an impact on occupational stress index of teachers. So the management should take necessary steps to reduce occupational stress among teachers because it will result in increased job satisfaction and quality of education.