IMPACT OF SALARY ON JOB SATISFACTION OF HIGHER SECONDARY TEACHERS

Teacher's effectiveness is directly related to the level of his job satisfaction. In Higher Secondary Schools of Bihar (India), Fixed Salary Teachers are getting less salary compared to Regular Teachers. This presents a situation were there are two groups of Higher Secondary Teachers. In this background it was quite relevant to know whether there was significant impact of salary on their job satisfaction. There are many factors or variables which affect the job satisfaction. Salary is one of them especially when there are two distinct groups of teachers getting different salaries. This study is an attempt to know that whether salary has significant impact on Job Satisfaction of Higher Secondary Teachers. The study was conducted in the Government schools during July 2013 to December 2013 in Patna District, Bihar, India.