A study on job satisfaction of women teachers in Selected Schools of Villupuram District

In India women constitute a major portion of total work force. They work for long hours both at home and outside the home. Women, in spite of their important contributions to the society, enjoyed a very low social and economic status which is also reflected in their psychological behaviour. But the level of education, access to opportunities and engagement in high collar jobs, holding of physical and financial assets, as well as the standard of living indicate the status of women in a society. But, general practices followed at workplace are less payment for women, male superiority, male centric policies, cultural domain, and unwanted bossism. In India equality for women is a concept that constitution avows, with the ground reality presenting a completely different picture. In a society, women’s rights are often denied and where the dominant structures of family are still patriarchal, women have really prone to the conditions and shown their strength by providing their efficiency. Mostly the effective women have really been ideal (Mageswari, 2014). Further, in spite of being in top positions, women have to be more responsible as a wife, mother, home maker etc. and these causes over burden in life and work roles of women and as a teacher they have to play vital role in shaping the future of the students who are in turn likely to make positive contributions towards their society. All these could be met only when teachers’ academic and personal lives are satisfied and quality oriented.