Journal of Development Research

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

Hiteshwari Jadeja¹

First Published 31 Oct 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/22297561221120108

Article Information

Volume 15, Issue 1 June 2022

Corresponding Author:

Hiteshwari Jadeja, C. U. Shah University, Surendranagar, Gujarat 363030, India.
Email: hiteshwari.jadeja@gmail.com

¹ C. U. Shah University, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India

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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.

Keywords

Mental health and well-being, organisational sustainability, occupational stress, university teachers

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