Job stress and employee well-being : A cross-cultural empirical study

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between job stress and employee well-being among teachers in Canada and Pakistan. Job stress was operationalized in terms of perceived experiences at the job which were chronic in nature. Employee well-being was operationalized in terms of burnout and its three dimensions (emotional exhaustion, lack of accomplishment and depersonalization), intrinsic motivation, job involvement and turnover intention. Data were collected by means of a structured questionnaire from teachers in metropolitan cities in Canada (N=420) and Pakistan (N=335). Pearson correlation and moderated multiple regression were used to analyze the data. In both countries, job stress was significantly related to a number of well-being variables. Moderated multiple regression did not support the role of gender as a moderator of the stress–well-being relationship. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.