Study Of Job Satisfaction Among College Teachers Of Jalandhar District In Relation To Their Mental Health

Abstract

The relationship between Mental Stress and job satisfaction has been studied in a variety of professions. A study by Chung and Fong (1990) on general medical practitioners in Hong-kong found that though the medical practitioners’ job is considered as hard work, majority of the practitioners were generally satisfied with their work. Occupational stress and job satisfaction among physicians. Major sources of stress as indicated were time pressures on the job, and major sources of satisfaction were relationships with patients and colleagues. Correlations indicate that for both female and male physicians, high levels of occupational stress was associated with less satisfaction with medical practice and more negative attitudes about the medicare system and health care in general, and high job satisfaction was related to fewrer specific work stressors and more positive attitudes about health care