The Impact Of Teachers' Psychological Stress On Work Performance And Early Retirement Intentions: Social Support As A Moderator
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Date
2014-02
Authors
Chong, Yee Joan
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
The study was undertaken to identify the levels of stress, anxiety and depression
among teachers teaching in Sekolah Kluster. The study used Depression Anxiety
Stress Scale (DASS) to measure the levels of teachers’ psychological stress. In
addition, this study examined the relationship between irrational beliefs,
organisational factors and stakeholder expectation and the impact of psychological
stress on work performance (absenteeism and presenteeism) and early retirement
intentions among teachers. Social support as moderator was introduced in the current
theoretical framework to see the effects of the relationship between independent
variables and psychological stress. This study added anxiety and depression to
measure teachers’ psychological stress as previous studies were mostly focusing on
stress. Its objective was to provide in depth understanding of teachers’ psychological
stress and its causes and outcomes. Several hypothesised relationships were tested on
the data collected by means of questionnaire from a sample of 296 teachers from
selected Sekolah Kluster in Peninsular Malaysia. Interaction effects between the
independent variables and psychological stress were also tested.
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Teachers' Psychological Stress , Retirement Intentions