VOlUME 06 ISSUE 08 AUGUST 2023
1Prachi Sharma, 2Nikita Daga, 3Aliasgar Ameeri
1Rehabilitation Psychologist, Ahmedabad
2,3Rehabilitation Counsellors
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i8-17Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
Work has always been an essential part of our life. We need work to prosper and lead our life to achieve goals. The aim of the present study is to investigate the Work-related Quality of Life of teachers working in Government schools and Private schools. To fulfill the aim of the study, 30 Government School teachers and 30 Private School teachers from educations organization were selected from Surat, Gujarat, India. They were asked to solve a test assessing Work-Related Quality of Life, developed by Easton et al. in 2012. This test contains six domains. As a result, it was found that out of all Government school teachers, 29% of teachers fall in the low range, 34% of teachers fall in the average range and 37% of teachers fall in the high range, whereas, out of total Private school teachers, 0 % of private school teacher’s fall in low range, 6% of teachers fall in the average range and 94% teachers fall in the high range of work-related quality of life. The overall result indicates that private school teachers are more satisfied with their work-related quality of life as compared to government school teachers.
KEYWORDS:Work-Related Quality of Life, Teachers, Job satisfaction, Work condition, General well-being.
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