Job Content in Female Secondary School Teachers of Selected Schools in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tasdidaa Shamsi, Zaheed Husein Mohammad Al-Din: Job Content in Female Secondary School Teachers of Selected Schools in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2019, (Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: University of Malaya, Human Resources, Business School, BRAC University, Bangladesh).

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Role of a teacher is very significant in society. Teachers help build a strong foundation for individuals. Studies show that a content teacher will perform best. The current study looked into the psychological demands, decision latitude, social support, physical demands, and job insecurity among female secondary school teachers of selected schools in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In addition, it also studied if demographic variables such as age, education, marital status, number of children, family type and the roles in the school were correlated with perceived work stress. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with face to face interview was conducted in November 2018 through a questionnaire adapted from the Job Content Questionnaire. RESULTS: Among 150 respondents, 54% was very clear about work directions, 35% received high support from co-workers, 32% received high support from supervisor, 15% faced general job insecurity, 6.25% felt that their skill is obsolete, almost 62% had mother or mother-in-law’s support and about 27% felt that their job is tolerable. Only 11% of the teachers thought that they were part of decision-making. The study showed that level of education, number of children and marital status did not directly affect job content. Teachers with higher participation in decision making showed higher job content. Lower support from colleagues showed lower job content. DISCUSSION: Findings will help in developing materials for having more satisfied teachers in the job. Tailor-made mental wellbeing and counselling program can be developed. Future research can be recommended.

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    @proceedings{APCPH-2019-200,
    title = {Job Content in Female Secondary School Teachers of Selected Schools in Dhaka, Bangladesh},
    author = {Tasdidaa Shamsi and Zaheed Husein Mohammad Al-Din},
    year  = {2019},
    date = {2019-07-22},
    urldate = {2019-07-22},
    journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
    issue = {6},
    abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Role of a teacher is very significant in society. Teachers help build a strong foundation for individuals. Studies show that a content teacher will perform best. The current study looked into the psychological demands, decision latitude, social support, physical demands, and job insecurity among female secondary school teachers of selected schools in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In addition, it also studied if demographic variables such as age, education, marital status, number of children, family type and the roles in the school were correlated with perceived work stress. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with face to face interview was conducted in November 2018 through a questionnaire adapted from the Job Content Questionnaire. RESULTS: Among 150 respondents, 54% was very clear about work directions, 35% received high support from co-workers, 32% received high support from supervisor, 15% faced general job insecurity, 6.25% felt that their skill is obsolete, almost 62% had mother or mother-in-law’s support and about 27% felt that their job is tolerable. Only 11% of the teachers thought that they were part of decision-making. The study showed that level of education, number of children and marital status did not directly affect job content. Teachers with higher participation in decision making showed higher job content. Lower support from colleagues showed lower job content. DISCUSSION: Findings will help in developing materials for having more satisfied teachers in the job. Tailor-made mental wellbeing and counselling program can be developed. Future research can be recommended.},
    note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: University of Malaya, Human Resources, Business School, BRAC University, Bangladesh},
    keywords = {job content, teacher},
    pubstate = {published},
    tppubtype = {proceedings}
    }