Correlating Job Satisfaction with Job Stress and Work-Family Conflict among Higher Education Teachers

Abstract

The higher education teachers are imposed with frequent stressful circumstances that create great levels of stress. These situations have an impact on the interpersonal relations and the work life stability as they affect the psychosomatic conditions and physical health of the teachers. The study intends to inspect the association between the three variables namely: Work stress, Work life conflict and Job Satisfaction with regards to higher education teachers. Xxx higher education teachers working with Savitribai Phule Pune University were considered for the study. The data was collated by using job stress scale (Parker and DeCotiis Organ Behav Hum Perform 32(2):160–177, 1983), the work-family conflict scale (Kopelman et al. Organ Behav Hum Perform 32:198–215, 1983), and the job satisfaction scale (Singh and Sharma 1986). The data was analysed using the Karl Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. The study revealed that there is a positive correlation with high significance between job stress and work family conflict; negative correlation with high significance between job stress and job satisfaction of higher education teachers; and negative correlation but not significant between job satisfaction and work family conflict among the higher education teachers. The outcomes sustain the job strain model. These findings will help to trace the areas of concern among the higher education teachers, which can be of reference to the therapists and counsellors. The outcomes of the study will help in building a cohesive work environment thereby facilitating work life balance by proposing interventions that will minimize the work family conflict and job stress among the higher education teachers. These interventions will enhance the on-the- job performance thereby benefiting the students and institutes at large.