Interpersonal Relationship and Job Satisfaction Among Government and Private Secondary School Teachers

This study investigated the difference between interpersonal relationship and job satisfaction among government and private secondary school teachers. A teacher mainly focuses on creating an environment that is suitable for learning and building relationships that is goes beyond the traditional academic duties and also including the provision of additional support and care. Interpersonal relationships are social connections with others. Job satisfaction has been defined as a pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s Job and an affective reaction to one’s job. The aim of the current paper was to study the difference in interpersonal relationship on job satisfaction among government and private secondary school teachers. For this study FIRO -B and Asha Job Satisfaction Scale was used. Data were collected from the samples of 30 secondary school teachers from Kerala and Karnataka. The findings of this study states that there is significant difference in interpersonal relationship between male and female government and private secondary school teachers and there is no significant difference in job satisfaction between male and female government and private secondary school teachers.