Work culture of teachers in relation to their gender, type of school and experience

The research study was undertaken to investigate the work culture of Primary school teachers. The sample of 100 primary School Teachers from Mysore City was selected by adopting Stratified random sampling technique based on the independent variables namely Gender, Length of experience, and Type of schools. Teacher"s work culture was accessed with the help of Teachers Work Culture Scale constructed by the investigator. Specific objectives formulated were: 1. To assess the level of Work Culture of Primary School teachers. 2. To find whether there is any significant difference in Work Culture of Primary School teachers belonging to Government, Private aided and Private un-aided Schools. 3. To find whether there is any significant difference in Work Culture of male and female primary School Teachers. 4. To find whether there is any significant difference in Work culture of Primary School Teachers with high and low experience. Descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. The data obtained from the survey was analyzed using t-test and one-way ANOVA. Findings of the study were 1. (61.0%) of the teachers in Mysore District possess a Healthy Work Culture and only 39% possess Poor Work Culture. 2. There is a significant difference in the work culture of teachers belonging to government, private aided, and private unaided. Comparing teachers of all these schools it is found that unaided school teachers have a healthy work culture than their counterparts from government and aided schools. 3. There is a significant difference in work culture of male and female primary school teachers. Comparing teacher"s mean scores it is found that the female teachers have a better work culture than their male counterparts. 4. There is no significant difference between high and low experienced teachers in their work culture.