In today's typical workplaces, stress is seen as becoming increasingly more common. Occupational stress is that stress which derives specifically from conditions in the workplace. 'Burn out is a by-product of stress. The study aims to understand the difference in the levels of occupational stress, which arise due to the conditions in the work place and levels of burnout, between government school women teachers and private school women teachers. The sample consisted of 30 government teachers and 31 private teachers who teach the high school and higher secondary students. The Occupational Stress Index was used to measure their occupational stress levels. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) educational survey was used to measure the levels of burnout. The results oft test indicate that government school teachers experience higher levels of occupational stress in the components of-role conflict, role ambiguity, unreasonable group and political pressure, responsibility for persons and unprofitability than private school teachers. With regard to burnout, government school teachers experience higher level than private school teachers in components of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.
J Cordilia (Tue,) studied this question.