CJOB-RELATED STRESSORS AND TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN AKKARAIPATTU EDUCATIONAL ZONE, SRI LANKA

Abstract

Stressors at work are critical issues affecting workers' job performance, particularly among primary school teachers. Specifically, these stresses are job role conflict (JRC), work overload (WOL), inadequate reward policy (IRP) and job burnout (JBO). Thus, this study aimed to explore how these factors impact job performance in the context of primary school teachers in changing societal conditions. The research population included 280 primary school teachers from 40 primary schools working under the educational zone of Akkaraipattu. 162 teachers were selected as the sample according to Morgan's table. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from these respondents. Out of the sample size of 162, 159 respondents responded and were used for analysis, which was 98.14%. The results revealed that there is a strong negative correlation between JRC and TJP, WOL and TJP and IRP and TJP. Also, a medium negative correlation between JBO and TJP. The multiple regression analysis disclosed that 73.5% of the total variance on TJP was explained by all four variables. The findings of the research provide a meaningful understanding of TJP and the importance of improving the TJP of primary school teachers as well as other employees. Moreover, this study will help future researchers to expand the investigation to larger sample sizes and include other government sectors, private sectors, and higher educational institutions. Further, the recommendation of the study would be to enlighten the primary school teachers, other working employees and administrators to attain the TJP through the effective management of JRC, WOL, IRP and JBO.