Job Characteristics of Teachers in Technical Educational Institutions in Telangana Region

Abstract

In view of the tremendous growth in number of technical educational institutions and intake of students, there is an imperative need to understand the process of management of these institutions. In recent past regulating agencies and stake holders in the society has been expressing their anguish on the way these institutions were administered. There was criticism that faculty and student ratio was not maintained by majority of technical educational institutions in India. Few reports highlighted that the teachers in these institutions are not retained for long period and most of the teachers were under paid. Further, the general view of the society is that the teachers are not motivated and most of them are dissatisfied at work. The literature reviewed provides a piecemeal account of various dimensions of job characteristics and job satisfaction. In this view the focus of the present study is to identify important job characteristics of teachers in technical educational institutions in Telangana and to study the job characteristics and examine the relationship between the job characteristics and job satisfaction among teachers in technical educational institutions in Telangana.

Keywords: Job Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, Workload, Uncertainty, Work Environment

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