Singh, Ashok K.SAIKIA, DIPANKAR2023-10-302023-10-302022D/EE/393/2018-19https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810199885The study was carried out in Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (RPCAU), Pusa, Bihar during the year 2020-21 to analyze the job involvement, job performance and job satisfaction among the faculty members. The data pertaining to the objectives of the study were collected from a sample size of 160 faculty members from all the colleges under the jurisdiction of RPCAU, Pusa comprising of working professors, associate professors and assistant professors with the help of a pretested schedule along with personal interview method. The scale developed by Lodahl & Kejner (1965) as modified by Kalita (1991) was used to measure the level of job involvement of faculty members while self-rating scale developed by Ahire (2005) was used to measure classroom teaching performance of university teachers with suitable modification with respect to the job performance of faculty members. Job satisfaction scale developed by Dixit (1993) was further administered to measure the job satisfaction of faculty members. The variables occupational stress and mental health was measured with the help of suitable indices developed by Srivastava and Singh (1984) and Jagdish and Srivastava (1988) respectively. The other selected independent variables were also measured with the help of suitable scale and schedule. The statistical techniques and tests used for analysis were frequency, distribution, per centage, mean, standard deviation, correlation and stepwise regression analysis. The results indicate that majority (37.50%) of faculty members had high level of job involvement followed by low (32.50%) and medium (30.00%) level of job involvement respectively. With respect to the job performance, it was found that majority (38.12%) faculty members had medium level of job performance followed by high (36.88%) and low (25.00%) level respectively. In case of job satisfaction, the findings revealed that majority (40.00%) of the respondents were moderately satisfied with their job while 35.63 per cent of them were highly satisfied and rest 24.37 per cent of total respondents were less satisfied with their jobs. With regard to occupational stress and mental health, the findings suggested that majority (39.38%) of faculty members were found to possess medium level of occupational stress having their good mental health. The computed values of correlation co-efficient (r) between selected dependent variables and the socio-economic, psychological and professional attributes of faculty members revealed that age, education, job experience, level of aspiration, achievement motivation, number of publications, participation in seminar/conferences, number of students guided, perception of faculty members towards the job, scientific orientation, attitude towards organization, organizational climate, perceived opportunity for professional growth and mental health had positive and significant relationship while workload and occupational stress had negative and significant relationship. Through stepwise regression analysis on job involvement reveals the same findings. Stepwise regression analysis on job performance reveals that variables, organizational climate, scientific orientation, occupational stress, level of aspirations, perception of faculty members towards the job, attitude towards organization, number of publications has been retained in the last step which together explains 78.70 per cent of variance while stepwise regression analysis on job satisfaction reveals that variables, organizational climate, perceived workload, occupational stress, level of aspiration, number of publications and perception of faculty members towards the job has been retained in the last step which together explains 73.30 per cent of variance. During the study, heavy workloads, lack of teacher‟s trainings programme, less cooperation among teachers, lack of opportunity for exposure visit, faculties were being involved in non-academic works were the major constraints as expressed by the selected faculty members. Therefore, it was suggested that the concerned authorities should ensure minimization of workloads with proper division of works, co-operation, and inclusion of teacher‟s trainings programme for better teaching performance.EnglishThesis