JOB STRESS AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS OF JAMMU REGION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Stress is an organism’s total response to environmental demands or pressures. When stress was first studied in 1950’s, the term was used to denote both the causes and the experienced effects of these pressures .Stress may be good or bad. More recently, however, the word stressor has been used for the stimulus that provokes a stress response. The aim of the study was to find out the factor that creates stress among school teachers in Jammu region .The 60 respondents were selected by random sampling method. Data was analysed with the help of factor analysis and Chi square test. The most important factor that creates stress is salary and other benefits, work load, and job security. So by improving these factors job stress can be reduced among the school teachers. The results of this study may be helpful for school administrations and higher authorities to make best possible policies for teachers