WORK ADJUSTMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

The present study focused on examining the work adjustment of secondary school teachers in Punjab, Pakistan, specifically comparing social science and pure science teachers’ views. The research aimed to identify the challenges faced by secondary school teachers in adapting to their work environments and provide potential solutions that could benefit both the government and institutes. The study aimed to determine the work adjustment needs of social science and pure science secondary school teachers. The study utilized a questionnaire to collect quantitative data on work adjustment from secondary school teachers in social and pure sciences. This study adopted a descriptive research design, as it aimed to describe and interpret the work adjustment of secondary school teachers in Pakistan. The population consisted of 38,881 public secondary school teachers (19,889 male and 18,992 female) from 7,491 public secondary schools in Punjab province. The researcher employed a multi-stage sampling technique, randomly selected three divisions namely Bahawalpur, Multan and Sahiwal of Punjab Province from each division two district were selected to ensure a representative sample. There were 2366 government secondary schools and 10118 secondary school teachers included in the population. Sample of the study was consisted of 48 secondary schools and 380 teachers. The researcher visited government boys and girls high schools in the selected districts and personally administered the questionnaire to gather data. The collected data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. The results were presented in the teachers' responses regarding various aspects of work adjustment, achievement needs, comfort needs, altruism needs, safety needs and autonomy needs. In conclusion, social science and pure science secondary school teachers in Punjab, Pakistan, differ in their perceptions of achievement and safety needs in work adjustment. Social science teachers reported higher levels of achievement needs and safety needs compared to pure science teachers. However, there were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of comfort, altruism and autonomy needs in work adjustment. Keywords: Work adjustment, achievement, comfort, altruism, safety and autonomy needs.