Impact of Reading Practices on Job Satisfaction of College Teachers

Human recourse development in academic institute is related with attitude of the academic staff members towards reading, profess the thoughts and explore new things. Reading practice and Job Satisfaction among academic staff are vital issues in any educational institute which may affect the performance and growth of an institute in emerging competitive environment. The objective of the study was to examine the reading interest and reading behavior among college faculty. In this research paper, the data was analyzed through ANOVA and t test. The aim of the research was to examine the reading habits among academic staff of colleges and their level of job satisfaction. The research covered a group of 313 academicians working in Private and Aided colleges in Malwa region of Punjab. The research has shown that college academic staff members who are voracious readers, are highly satisfied than those teachers who spend comparatively lesser time on academic books, curriculum study material, general books, Journals and magazines and news paper reading. Descriptive research design was adopted. The data was collected through two structured questionnaires on job satisfaction and performance.