EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, PERCEIVED OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

The present study was conducted to explore the relationship between employee engagement, perceived occupational stress and psychological wellbeing among primary school teachers Sample was taken in different schools of Islamabad and Rawalpindi using convenient sampling technique. The sample consisted of total 321 primary school teachers (76 men and 245 females, with age ranging from 20 to 60 years. Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9), (Schaufeli & Bakker,2003) Workplace Stress Scale (WSS), (Marlin & LaBerge, 2001) and Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (Tennant et al., 2007) were used. Employee engagement of the participants was assessed by their occupational stress. The reliabilities of both memes ware satisfactory. The research findings revealed that there is significant negative correlation between employee engagement and perceived occupational stress in their workplaces. A significant positive correlation was found between employee engagement and psychological wellbeing. t-test was used to analyze the difference in employee engagement, perceived occupational stress and psychological wellbeing along gender, marital status and type of school. Non-significant differences were found on both gender and type of school when comparing study variables. ANOVA was computed to know about the mean differences among the study variables and education of primary school teachers. Non-significant differences were found among education of the teachers. Limitation and suggestions along with implications of the present study have been discussed.