Job satisfaction, despite being one of the most common areas researched, still continues to fascinate. The relationship between job satisfaction and productivity remains obscure at best, though its effects on lowering absenteeism, attrition and apathy in employees have been well established. The present paper aims to investigate the job satisfaction levels of college teachers of a private management institution in Delhi and a college of Delhi University. A total of 40 college teachers, ranging in teaching experience from 2 to 43 years, were selected for the study. The data was obtained through Paula Lester’s Teacher Job Satisfaction questionnaire which was administered personally. The purpose of the research was to determine the overall levels of job satisfaction of college teachers, compare them according to institution and gender, and examine the individual job dimensions affecting job satisfaction. The methods of data analysis included descriptive statistics, Mann- Whitney test and Kruskal-Wallis test to analyze the responses to the research questions about demographic and work profile of teachers, their perceptions of supervision, and teacher’s job satisfaction. The study found the job satisfaction levels to be average with a significant difference between job satisfaction of male and female college teachers, though no such difference was found between institutions.

In recent years, a lot of studies have been done for measuring the job satisfaction of people from different walks of life, though the relationship between satisfaction with job and performance on the job still remains obscure. However, the effects of job satisfaction on lowering absenteeism, attrition and apathy in employees have been well established. The education sector in India is plagued by issues of lack of qualified faculty, dissonance between industry demands and curriculum, increasing migration of students abroad for higher education and a general lack of educational facilities for a growing population. In such a scenario, job satisfaction of teachers becomes an important aspect of improving the quality of higher education in India.

Organizational Behavior Journal, Relationship between job satisfaction, Private management institution, Administered personally, Individual job dimensions, Migration of students, Abroad for higher education.