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Job satisfaction of college teachers has paramount importance in the development of a country. These teachers supply the nation her workforce. The objective of the present paper is to find out whether institutional factors like pay, promotion, reputation of the institution, research or up gradation facilities, infrastructure of the college, medium of instruction, work environment and the like are responsible for differences of satisfaction levels as enjoyed by the college teachers. Teachers serving in the degree level colleges affiliated by different universities of West Bengal have been taken as samples for filling up a questionnaire containing 55 statements designed to constitute a 5-point Likert scale. The present paper found that pay and allowances, promotion, superannuation, college specific criteria, students related matter, examination-admission-election processes, infrastructure facilities, supervision, co-workers and stakeholders, work environment and community support have influences on job satisfaction of college teachers.

Keywords

Job satisfaction, Institutional factors, Pay, Promotion, Supervision, Work environment, Community support

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