Influence of gender and type of institutions on occupational stress among secondary school teachers

In today's world of rapid industrialization and increased urbanization, stress is an unavoidable phenomenon in human life. It is a psychological and physical condition that has impact on person's productivity, effectiveness, personal health, and job quality. Present study is an attempt to determine occupational stress among secondary school teachers with respect to gender (Male and Female) and type of school (Government and Private). To carry out present investigation, descriptive survey design and multi-stage random sampling technique were employed to collect a sample of 264 secondary school teachers (136 male and 128 Females) and (144 Government and 120 Private) from various schools of Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir (India). Teachers Occupational Stress Scale by Sajid Jamal and Abdul Raheem (2012) was used for the assessment of occupational stress of teachers. Collected data were analyzed by using mean, median, standard deviation and 2×2 factorial design ANOVA. Result shows that gender variation score makes no difference on occupational stress of secondary school teachers, but a significant influence of type of school was found on occupational stress of secondary school teachers. It was also found that there is no significant influence of interaction between gender and type of school on occupational stress of secondary school teachers.