STATUS, ROLE ADJUSTMENT AND ROLE CONFLICT OF WORKING WOMAN IN FAMILY: A STUDY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS

With the attainment of education and economic freedom educated women become conscious of their individual identity - the independent status. But there is a great discrepancy between the idealised concept of women and the real life situation in India which women find them-selves. The issuesaffecting women's status in India is vast, complex and dynamic. Change in the status of women is a long term aspect of our social progress. The role conflicts of working women result to a great extent from the cleavage between the new social and economic goals (education and employment) and the rigid social structure, above the family structure, which stands in the way of a realisation of these goals. As per norm the family role of woman have priority before all other role. Various factors like a busier working day, wider areas of social interaction and experience and an independent income have some significant consequences on the status, behaviour pattern and the life styles of employed women. This paper is an endeavour to make sociological study of status, role adjustment and role conflict of working women of selected secondary school teachers.