Employee Well-being and the Path to Sustainability: A Study of the Education Sector

IF 2.5 3区社会学 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

European Journal of Development Research Pub Date : 2022-11-02 DOI:10.1177/22297561221120108

Hiteshwari Jadeja

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Abstract

The promotion of employee well-being and performance is one of the key goals of organisations after COVID-19. Nonetheless, the current economic crisis tyrannises this goal, cruelly jeopardising the sustainability of prior decades’ well- being and performance. It is acknowledged that stress is unavoidable and if not managed properly, can have a negative impact on teachers’ health and well-being. In the current research, responses were collected from 512 university teachers to understand the challenges they are facing and the results were analysed with the help of ‘principal component analysis’. Results revealed that major factors contributing to the feelings of being stressed are sense of insecurity due to poor skills, unable to meet deadlines, lack of clarity, violating formal procedures, uninteresting work, poor quality due to heavy workload, fear of losing job, and lack of training and preparation. The symptoms and dangers of stress can be reduced by raising awareness, taking remedial action and engaging in appropriate stress-reduction activities.

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员工福利与可持续发展之路:教育部门的研究

提升员工福利和绩效是2019冠状病毒病后组织的关键目标之一。然而，当前的经济危机使这一目标无法实现，残酷地危及过去几十年的福祉和业绩的可持续性。人们承认，压力是不可避免的，如果管理不当，可能对教师的健康和福祉产生负面影响。在目前的研究中，我们收集了512名大学教师的反馈，以了解他们面临的挑战，并利用“主成分分析”对结果进行了分析。结果显示，造成压力感的主要因素是由于技能差而产生的不安全感，无法完成最后期限，缺乏清晰度，违反正式程序，无趣的工作，繁重的工作量导致的质量差，担心失去工作，以及缺乏培训和准备。可以通过提高认识、采取补救行动和参加适当的减压活动来减轻压力的症状和危险。

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European Journal of Development Research DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-

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5.70

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4.00%

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