A Stress Analysis of Teachers Job: Investigating the Phenomenon of Teacher Stress
This research was conducted to explore the phenomena of a study on the essence of stress faced by secondary-level teachers in Rawalpindi to find out the teacher experience of stress and to identify the sources of stress between male and female teachers. The population of the study was comprised of all the teachers working in Govt secondary school of district Rawalpindi. The sample of the study comprised 100 secondary school teachers 50 males and 50 females were selected randomly. Data collected through questionnaires were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using t-test at0.05 level of significance. The empirical study identified stress factors that have effects on male and female teachers work performance. The causes are poor low pay status, poor classroom environment, professional distress, large-scale class, poor public image, etc. The results of this study showed that there is no substantial difference in stress among male and female teachers.
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Teacher, Stress, Job, Work Performance
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(1) Muhammad Zaigham Qadeer
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, AIOU, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Nisar Ul Haq
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Development, Karakoram International University, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.
(3) Javed Iqbal
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Development, Karakoram International University, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.
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APA : Qadeer, M. Z., Haq, M. N. U., & Iqbal, J. (2019). A Stress Analysis of Teachers Job: Investigating the Phenomenon of Teacher Stress. Global Regional Review, IV(IV), 568-574. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).51
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CHICAGO : Qadeer, Muhammad Zaigham, Muhammad Nisar Ul Haq, and Javed Iqbal. 2019. "A Stress Analysis of Teachers Job: Investigating the Phenomenon of Teacher Stress." Global Regional Review, IV (IV): 568-574 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).51
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HARVARD : QADEER, M. Z., HAQ, M. N. U. & IQBAL, J. 2019. A Stress Analysis of Teachers Job: Investigating the Phenomenon of Teacher Stress. Global Regional Review, IV, 568-574.
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MHRA : Qadeer, Muhammad Zaigham, Muhammad Nisar Ul Haq, and Javed Iqbal. 2019. "A Stress Analysis of Teachers Job: Investigating the Phenomenon of Teacher Stress." Global Regional Review, IV: 568-574
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MLA : Qadeer, Muhammad Zaigham, Muhammad Nisar Ul Haq, and Javed Iqbal. "A Stress Analysis of Teachers Job: Investigating the Phenomenon of Teacher Stress." Global Regional Review, IV.IV (2019): 568-574 Print.
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OXFORD : Qadeer, Muhammad Zaigham, Haq, Muhammad Nisar Ul, and Iqbal, Javed (2019), "A Stress Analysis of Teachers Job: Investigating the Phenomenon of Teacher Stress", Global Regional Review, IV (IV), 568-574
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TURABIAN : Qadeer, Muhammad Zaigham, Muhammad Nisar Ul Haq, and Javed Iqbal. "A Stress Analysis of Teachers Job: Investigating the Phenomenon of Teacher Stress." Global Regional Review IV, no. IV (2019): 568-574. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).51