Chalchisa, Desalegne (PhD)Melles, Yitbarek2019-01-282023-11-102019-01-282023-11-102007-03http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/16066The purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors of job stress and job satisfaction among TVET teachers in Tigray and discuss its relevance to TVET. The research was conducted with the assumption that if such factors are identified, efforts can be made to eliminate or reduce the effects of those variables which lead to stress or and enhance those which lead to s atisfaction. A sample of 180 teachers was randomly drawn from 308 teachers. Participants completed a questionnaire on demographic variables and 20 subscales of teachers' stress and job satisfaction measures. Quantitative statistics such as mean, standard deviation, Product Moment Correlation, ANOVA and linear regression techniques were employed between measures. The result of the study has shown that female respondent teachers had a lower level of satisfaction and highly stressed as compared to the males. Diploma graduate teachers showed relatively lower job satisfaction and higher stress compared to BA/ BSC graduates. Teachers of Industrial area were with high stress (as compared to the business teachers) in leadership style and less satisfied in achievement need. However, age and expenence on job stress and satisfaction did not show a significant contribution in the study. The results of regression showed that working environment, salary and benefits and responsibility were very important factors to job satisfaction. The regression analysis also indicated extrinsic variables to be the most explaining variables as compared to intrinsic variables on the overall effect of job satisfaction. Moreover, most teachers felt stressed on factors such as role over/oad, working condition, peer support, and leadership styles. The relationship between overall job Stress and job satisfaction was found to be negative and significant. Finally the results appear to have managerial and research implications. It is envisaged that the identification of the specific sources of stress will shade light in to the problems of TVET teachers that make their job particularly difficult.enFactors Affecting Job StressThesis