The objectives of the study were: (1) To find out the difference in job satisfaction between the following: male and female teachers; teachers of science and humanities; government aided and non - aided schools; married and un - married; post graduate teachers and trained graduate teachers; graduates, postgraduates, double postgraduates and PhD’s. (2) To find out the difference in attitude towards teaching between the following: male and female teachers; teachers of science and humanities; government aided and non - aided schools; married and un - married; post graduate teachers and trained graduate teachers; graduates, postgraduates, double postgraduates and PhD’s. (3) To identify the personality factors that influence the attitude of teachers towards teaching. (4) To study the relationship between job satisfaction and attitude of teachers towards teaching.

The hypotheses of the study were: (1) There is no difference in job satisfaction of urban and rural higher secondary school teachers. (2) There is no difference in job satisfaction of male teachers and female teachers of higher secondary schools. (3) There is no difference in job satisfaction of science teachers and humanities teachers of higher secondary schools. (4) There is no difference in job satisfaction of government school teachers, aided school teachers and non-aided school teachers of higher secondary schools. (5) There is no difference in job satisfaction of married teachers and un- married teachers of higher secondary schools. (6) There is no difference in job satisfaction of higher secondary school teachers with different qualification such as graduate, postgraduate, double postgraduate and Ph.D qualifications. (7) There is no difference in job satisfaction of higher secondary post graduate teachers and inducted trained graduate teachers.

Sample consisted of 400 teachers from 14 higher secondary schools in Coimbatore district.

The tools used for data collection were: Personal Data; Job satisfaction inventory; Attitude scale to measure the attitude of teachers towards teaching; 16 Personality factor Questionnaire; Neuroticism scale questionnaire.

For the study Casual Comparative method or Ex- post facto design was adopted.

The findings of the study were: (1) Teachers working in the higher secondary school in urban and rural area did not differ in the level of job satisfaction. (2) The age of higher secondary school teachers had no relationship with job satisfaction. (3) Teachers having job satisfaction were less stable and had more job satisfaction, whereas the teachers with less job satisfaction were emotionally stable. (4) Teachers having job satisfaction were less intelligent than concrete thinkers where as the teachers with greater intelligence are not satisfied with their job. (5) The teachers who had been alert to practical needs and conventional attitudes were more satisfied in their job than the teachers with higher internal spasmodic anxiety and conflict due to tensions. (6) Teachers of urban and rural higher secondary schools had no difference in their attitude towards teaching. (7) The teachers with greater job satisfaction had a more favorable attitude towards teaching.