ABSTRACT

In a nationwide sample of people at different occupational levels that tension increases with rank and with income. There is relationship between a person’s rank in a organization and the amount of pressure from associates. The present study was undertaken to study the Occupational Stress of primary, middle,  high and higher secondary teachers who were working in state Government, public/missionary, army and Navovidayalas of Kashmir Valley. For measuring the Occupational Stress by  Dr. A.K. Srivastava and Dr. A.P.Singh.was used. The sample of the study consisted of 720 teachers randomly selected from the schools of eight districts of whole Valley. The data was analyzed through mean, S.D, t-test and three way ANOVA. The findings of the study revealed  that  Age, Qualification ,Experience and  Marital status affects the Occupational Stress of teachers.

Key Words:- the Occupational Stress, Strain, Organization