Impact of Job Satisfaction and Stress on Physical Education Teachers: A Comparative Study of Government and Private Schools in Peshawar

This study aimed to assess the levels of job-related stress and work satisfaction among physical education teachers in both government and private schools. The research focused on how factors such as workload, job security, and stress specific to physical education impacted teachers' job satisfaction in Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan. A representative sample of 100 teachers from government schools and 100 teachers from private schools was selected using cluster random sampling. The study's focus on job satisfaction and occupational stress is vital in understanding organizational behavior and human resource management within the education sector. It also aimed to explore the relationship between these two variables in physical education teachers aged 25 to 38 from Peshawar Board schools, with three to five years of teaching experience. Random sampling was used to select participants. The study employed the Occupational Stress Index (OSI) developed by Srivastava and Singh (1984) and the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) by Amar Singh and T.R. Sharma (1999) for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation in SPSS 16.0, with a significance level set at 0.05. The results indicated significant differences (p<0.05) between government and private school teachers regarding occupational stress and job satisfaction. Moreover, a significant negative correlation (p<0.05) was found between job stress and job satisfaction among physical education teachers.