A Study of Empathy and Self-Confidence and Their Effect on Job Satisfaction of Teachers

Abstract

In the education process, teacher is the main pillar. Teachers are the most important group of professionals for our nation's future. His place in the society is of vital importance. The personality of a teacher also influences the students too much basically good teacher should have same basic personality qualities i.e. he must be visionary, catalyst, troubleshooter, realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, independent & a good trainer. The emotional establishment of teachers hence carves an everlasting effect on pupil's personality. Therefore it is essential to understand the personality characteristics of a teacher which are related to his or her job satisfaction. A fixed way of teaching fails to achieve a variety of instructional objectives, moreover the students have a multi dimensional personality and for meeting this two ends a teacher should use different style, strategy of teaching to match and fulfill the objectives of teaching. Hence keeping this view in mind researcher selects the problem and delineates the concepts accordingly.Significance of the studyThough a teacher has certain teaching skills vise the skills of introducing a lesson probing questions, illustrating with examples, using black board and achieving closure in real classroom situations and luck of personality traits he cannot satisfied with his or her job hence, researcher tried to search particular personality characteristics i.e. Empathy self concept which arc closely related to job satisfaction. Personality traits of primary teachers especially in view of the enlarged role they would have to play and the new responsibilities, they would have to assume when elementary education became universal for children in the age group 6-14. The personality of a teacher influences the students too much. Many personality traits play an important role in the acquisition of teaching skills. And the skilled teacher would be more satisfied about his job. Hence a personality test may prove to be helpful for the prediction of job satisfaction of primary teachers. The association between job satisfaction and personality characteristics is strong and significant. Keeping these views in mind, a research attracts this situation and selects the same problem for study.Statement of the problemA study of Empathy and self-confidence and their effect on job satisfaction of teachers.Objectives of the study* To analyze and evaluate selected personality characteristics i.e. empathy and self- confidence which were common in the primary teachers.* To examine the functioning of empathy and self-confidence and job satisfaction of primary teachers.* To examine the gender differences in job satisfactionHypotheses of the study* Teachers who posses more Empathy trait, have more job satisfaction.* Teachers, who have more self-confidence trait, have more job satisfaction.* A Job satisfaction is more in female primary teachers than male primary teachers.VariablesIn this study characteristics of personality are independent variable and job satisfaction is dependent variable.Independent variablesEmpathy and self-confidence.Dependent variableJob satisfaction.Operational dejinitions of variableEmpathy: this variable known as interpersonal sensitivity, has been considered important for people in leadership positions. This involves the realization and understanding of another person's feelings, needs and suffering. It is a self conscious effort to share and comprehended accurately the presumed consciousness of another person.Self-confidence: To be a leader in any situation an individual must appear to make positive contribution to the group. According to same self-confidence has a positive relationship with leadership.* Job satisfaction: Job satisfaction has been defined as pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one's job; an affective reaction to one's job and an attitude towards one's job. …