Job-Satisfaction of University Teachers in Assam

Abstract

Satisfaction is an essential pre-requisite for quality outcome in any profession. Quality of teaching too depends on teachers’ satisfaction. That is why it is very important to know and analyse the level of job-satisfaction of teachers to ensure quality education. The present piece of work is an attempt to assess the level of job-satisfaction of university teachers. All the teachers working in the state and central universities of Assam constitute the population of the study. Descriptive research design has been used and a sample of 100 university teachers has been selected randomly. Data have been collected with the help of Job-satisfaction Scale, developed by Dr. A. Singh and Dr. T. R. Sharma. Percentage and Kruskal- Wallis H Test was used to analyze the data and to draw the inferences about the level of job-satisfaction of university teachers. Results suggested that the university teachers enjoy high level of job-satisfaction.