Presence of ‘Calling Work Orientation’ among Higher Secondary and College teachers in Mysore

By : Papia Saraf, C.G. Venkatesha Murthy

Page No: 361-371

Abstract
There is growing concern regarding the quality of higher education. With growing diversity in the student profile and phenomenal technological advancement, the challenges facing our education system are unprecedented. At the centre of this cauldron of expectation is the teacher. To meet these challenges there is a need for teachers who view teaching not just as job or career, but the very purpose or meaning of their lives. Calling work orientation refers to a focus on enjoyment of fulfilling, socially useful work irrespective of the financial gains. The present study measures the ‘presence of calling work orientation among Higher Secondary, Academic under graduation degree and Professional under graduation degree college teachers. The sample consisted of 565 teachers (85 Higher Secondary, 123 Academic undergraduate degree and 357 Professional undergraduate degree college teachers) from Mysore. The Calling and Vocational Questionnaire (CVQ) by Dik et al (2012) was used to determine the ‘presence of calling’ among these teachers. The results indicated that Professional college degree teachers had the highest incidence of calling orientation. The results showed that there was no significant difference among the 3 groups of teachers in ‘presence of calling’ orientation. The effects of demographic variables such as gender, marital status and years of teaching experience have been explored.

Authors :
Papia Saraf : Asst Prof. – Jain University
C.G. Venkatesha Murthy : Dean, Research, Professor and Head – Department of Extension Education, Regional Institute of Education, Mysore.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2020.15.01.31