Frog
European Journal of Social Sciences
ISSN 1450-2267 Vol.30 No.2 (2012), pp. 339-351
© EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2012 http://www.europeanjournalofsocialsciences.com A Study on the Impact of Occupational Stress among
Teachers on Job Satisfaction and Job
Involvement – An Empirical Study
C. Muthuvelayutham
Associate Professor, Directorate of Online and Distance Education (DODE)
Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore 47, Tamil Nadu, India
E-mail: drmuthu2009@gmail.com
H. Mohanasundaram
Assistant Professor, Sengunthar B School for Women, Tiruchengode
Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India
E-mail: hmsundaram2010@gmail.com
Abstract
This study focus on finding out the impact of occupational stress among teachers on job satisfaction and job involvement in selective engineering colleges affiliated to Anna
University Trichy. The researcher has used descriptive research design. For conducting the study 422 samples were collected out of 2065 teachers. Here the researcher has used stratified random sampling to collect the samples from the universe. For collecting the data researcher has used questionnaire. Finally the researcher analysed the data using spss 14.0 version and found that there is a considerable level of impact of stress on job satisfaction and job involvement among teachers.
Keywords: Stress, Impact, Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction
1. Introduction
Stress is difficult to define precisely. The concept of stress was first introduced in the life sciences by
Selye Hans in 1936. It was derived from the Latin word ‘stringere’; it meant the experience of physical hardship, starvation, torture and pain. Selye Hans, 1974 defined stress as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand placed upon it”. Stephen Robbins (1999) defined stress as “a dynamic condition in which an individual is confronted with an opportunity, constraint or demand related to what he / she desires and for which the outcome is perceived to be both
ISSN 1450-2267 Vol.30 No.2 (2012), pp. 339-351
© EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2012 http://www.europeanjournalofsocialsciences.com A Study on the Impact of Occupational Stress among
Teachers on Job Satisfaction and Job
Involvement – An Empirical Study
C. Muthuvelayutham
Associate Professor, Directorate of Online and Distance Education (DODE)
Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore 47, Tamil Nadu, India
E-mail: drmuthu2009@gmail.com
H. Mohanasundaram
Assistant Professor, Sengunthar B School for Women, Tiruchengode
Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India
E-mail: hmsundaram2010@gmail.com
Abstract
This study focus on finding out the impact of occupational stress among teachers on job satisfaction and job involvement in selective engineering colleges affiliated to Anna
University Trichy. The researcher has used descriptive research design. For conducting the study 422 samples were collected out of 2065 teachers. Here the researcher has used stratified random sampling to collect the samples from the universe. For collecting the data researcher has used questionnaire. Finally the researcher analysed the data using spss 14.0 version and found that there is a considerable level of impact of stress on job satisfaction and job involvement among teachers.
Keywords: Stress, Impact, Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction
1. Introduction
Stress is difficult to define precisely. The concept of stress was first introduced in the life sciences by
Selye Hans in 1936. It was derived from the Latin word ‘stringere’; it meant the experience of physical hardship, starvation, torture and pain. Selye Hans, 1974 defined stress as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand placed upon it”. Stephen Robbins (1999) defined stress as “a dynamic condition in which an individual is confronted with an opportunity, constraint or demand related to what he / she desires and for which the outcome is perceived to be both