IMPACT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS ON TEACHER FREEZING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

ABSTRACT

The present study is an attempt to study the impact of personality traits on teacher freezing  of secondary school teachers. Descriptive Survey Method was used. A sample of 600 senior secondary school teachers was taken on the basis of random sampling method.  Teacher Freezing Scale by Taj Haseen  andIntroversion-extroversion Inventory by Aziz and Gupta were taken to assess the  teacher freezing and personality traits of teachers. Mean, Standard Deviation, ‘t’ test and Karl Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient Correlation were used to analyze the data.  Findings of the study were:  (i Teachers having introvert type of personality have higher teacher freezing than those teachers having extrovert type or personality; (ii)  Male teachers having introvert type of personality have higher teacher freezing than those male teachers having extrovert type or personality; (iii) Female teachers having introvert type of personality have higher teacher freezing than those female teachers having extrovert type or personality.

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