THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS’ OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION: THE ROLE OF RESILIENCE

Irfan Ullah Khan; Farhat Ullah Khan; Yasir Hayat Mughal

doi:10.53664/JSRD/04-03-2023-09-632-643

Authors

Irfan Ullah Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
Farhat Ullah Khan Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Administration, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
Yasir Hayat Mughal Department of Health Administration, College of Public Health & Health Informatics, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53664/JSRD/04-03-2023-09-632-643

Abstract

The present study examined the impact of occupational stress on the life-satisfaction with mediating role of resilience in context of higher education institutions. To explore the effect of employees’ resilience in connecting the occupational stress and life satisfaction, the data were collected through convenient sampling from higher educational institutions teachers over a structured questionnaire and were analyzed statistically by using different tools as per the nature and requirements of study. The data analysis reveals that life satisfaction is important for the teachers to improve their living standards. The findings of study revealed significant association between predictor, mediation, and criterion variables whereas teachers’ resilience shows the mediating effect through full mediation. Therefore, the results are significant and offer new insights to existing database of knowledge as well as brings forth valuable suggestions to policymakers. Additionally, the recommendations of current study offer new research avenues to better understand the issues related to occupational stress and life satisfaction in different contexts.