تلخیص
South Asia means one-fourth population of the world, comprises 7 countries, and the most
backward region of the world, educationally, economically and in human development index. On
the other hand, it is historically was a rich region with most ancient and educated civilization of
the world before colonial rule. The aim of the study was to examine professional attitude of
teachers and their psychological satisfaction level towards work culture after adopting teaching
profession at university level in the region of South Asia. The researchers explored three major
components of attitude called ABC model, A for Affective, B for Behavior and C for Cognitive
to explore teaching attitude. The researchers investigate psychological satisfaction level in
teachers specify with three factors called intrinsic, extrinsic and altruistic. The study was nonexperimental in its nature with descriptive study design. All teachers of public universities of the
South Asian region were the population of the study. Out of three hundred sample teachers, 233
teachers participated in the research from 8 universities. After reviewing the literature two
questionnaires were constructed by the researchers for discovering attitude towards teaching ten
statements and satisfaction level of teachers towards teaching after adopting teaching profession
eight statements at point Likert scale. Pilot testing of the instruments was also conducted. Overall
reliability of instruments on Cronbach's Alpha is (α = .91), while attitude (α = .77) and
satisfaction was (α = .80) accordingly. Each questionnaire was on five point Likert scale. On the
basis of the information it was decided to apply a parametric test One Sample T Test and to check
relationship a Pearson Correlation Test were applied. Results of the study show that teachers
have positive attitude towards teaching and teachers were low satisfied after adopting teaching
profession. According to findings many suitable suggestions were provided by researchers.
Key Words; Profession, Attitude, Work Culture, Psychometric Satisfaction, South Asia
Muhammad Hussain Chishti, Iftikhar Ahmad Baig , Abdul Majid Khan Rana. (2019) Work Culture towards Professions in South Asia: A Multidimensional Study on University Teachers of Pakistan, South Asian Studies, Volume 34, Issue 2.
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