Volume : 3, Issue : 6, June - 2014

On Job Stress: A Study of Private and Public School Female Teachers from Urban Area

Krupa A. Vyas

Abstract :

Working women are handling two important tasks. These tasks involve, justifying the responsibilities at work place and handling the responsibilities at home front. Balancing these two roles at home and work is very challenging task and causes stress at different levels. Different facets involves in evolving the stress in working women’s life. These stresses cause the imbalance at the front of work and handling family responsibility. The study is focusing on the stress causes among working women of urban area school teachers. A sample of 200 working school teachers from Urban area participated in this study. Out of this, 100 each are from private and public school respectively. A non–experimental, cross–sectional survey design was conducted using Demographic information form. The inventory used is based on 5 point scale. Using correlation and regression analysis, the result shows that there were significant difference in stress level between female teachers working in public and private schools. The measurement of stress level of occupational stress among working female teachers indicates the impact and occurrence of justification of job duties. The result can be applied for further research on working married women, especially concerning the impact and occurrence of job stress on student’s mental health. These results can be further applied to the studies concerning to mental health among the working women.