Occupational Stress among Women Teachers in Purba Medinipur District of West Bengal A Study

Every individual is faced by various stressors like psychological or mental stressors, Environmental stressors, physical stressors etc. The examination of occupational stress, however, fails to take into account the significance of external factors and events that will have a major effect on productivity on the job. The present study has been carried out to find out the occupational stress among the women teachers in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal and to study the occupational stress among women teachers in respect of age group, Educational Qualification and Teaching experience. For this purpose a sample of 480 women teachers have been selected randomly from Purba Medinipur district. Data have been collected by using Occupational Stress Index OSI created by S. A. K. Srivastava and A. P. Singh 1984 is used to assess the level of stress in the workplace. A total of 46 questions make up the measure, each with five possible responses strongly agree, agree, uncertain, disagree, and strongly disagree . Findings of the study indicate that Women teachers have moderate level of occupational stress and there is significant difference in the occupational stress among women teachers in respect of educational qualification and teaching experience. Mr. Dilip Maiti "Occupational Stress among Women Teachers in Purba Medinipur District of West Bengal: A Study" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-3 , June 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd57463.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/57463/occupational-stress-among-women-teachers-in-purba-medinipur-district-of-west-bengal-a-study/mr-dilip-maiti