The Status of Job Satisfaction and Mental Health of Govt. and Non-Govt. College Teachers of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

Pramath Chandra Sarker; Dr. Md. Nur-E-Alam Siddique; Md. Fazle Rabbi Nishad

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The Status of Job Satisfaction and Mental Health of Govt. and Non-Govt. College Teachers of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

Pramath Chandra Sarker

Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Rajshahi College, Rajshahi, Bangladesh Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Md. Nur-E-Alam Siddique

Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh Google Scholar More about the auther

, Md. Fazle Rabbi Nishad

MS Student, Department of Clinical Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.078.20210903

DOI: 10.25215/0903.078

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted to investigate the Status of job satisfaction and mental health of Govt. and non-govt. college teachers in Bangladesh. A total of 203 samples were selected purposively from different areas of Rajshahi city in Bangladesh. Among the respondents, 99 were college teachers and the rest of the 104 were non-govt. College teachers. Bangla’s version of the Baryfield-Rothe (1951) job satisfaction scale was to measure the job satisfaction of the respondents. Bangla version of Goldberg’s (1972) General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was also administered to measure the mental health of the same respondents. The obtained data were analyzed by employing Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test. Results revealed that there is a significant mean difference in job satisfaction and mental health in respect of Govt. and non-govt. college teachers. The findings also revealed that job satisfaction and mental health differ significantly in respect to the sex of the respondents. The results further revealed that there is a significant positive correlation exists between job satisfaction and the mental health of the participants.

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Job Satisfaction, Mental Health

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How to cite this article: Sarker P C, Siddique N E A & Nishad F R (2021). The Status of Job Satisfaction and Mental Health of Govt. and Non-Govt. College Teachers of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 9(3), 842-852. DIP:18.01.078.20210903, DOI:10.25215/0903.078