• Mr.Premanand S. Jadhav
• Dr.A.V.Karabasanagoudra

An attempt has been made by virute of this study to find out the differences i.e., [Gender-wise and Educational Qualification-wise (UG & PG)], if any, between Male and Female Secondary School Teachers with respect to Work Motivation and its dimensions scores. All the secondary school teachers working in the academic year 2020-21 were drawn by stratified random sampling technique as the sample of the study. The data was collected using Work Motivation Questionnaire constructed and validated by the researcher. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that, Male teachers showed marginally higher scores for the dimensions ‘Awards’, ‘Intrinsic’, ‘Extrinsic’, ‘Job Security’ of Work Motivation as compared to Female teachers. Further, no difference was seen with respect to the dimension ‘Work Group’ of Male and Female teachers. However, Male teachers exhibited higher ‘Work Motivation’ scores as compared to Female teachers. The study further showed that, Secondary School Teachers with PG as their educational qualification showed marginally higher scores for the dimensions ‘Awards’ and ‘Extrinsic’ scores of Work Motivation as compared to those with UG educational qualification. Whereas, Secondary School Teachers with PG as their educational qualification exhibited higher scores for the dimensions ‘Intrinsic’, ‘Work Group’, ‘Job Security’ and ‘Work Motivation’ as compared to those with UG educational qualification.

Work motivation, secondary school teachers, gender, educational qualification etc.,

"A Study on Work Motivation of Secondary School Teachers ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.b714-b720, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108217.pdf

"A Study on Work Motivation of Secondary School Teachers ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppb714-b720, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108217.pdf