Assessing the Perception of Academicians about Organizational and Personal Aspects of Job Stress and Performance: A Qualitative Study
Keywords:
Perception, Academicians, Organizational and Personal Aspects, Job Stress, Performance, Qualitative Study
Abstract
Performance of academicians negatively associated with job stress and many other factors most obvious are institutional and personal characteristics of academia. Academia performs assigned tasks within their position and expected roles at universities. Qualitative research study was conducted to assess the perception of academicians about organizational and personal aspects. A purposive sample of 60 participants as academia heads and academia (teachers) from eight public sector universities were targeted. Semi-structured face to face and telephonic interviews were conducted by using interview guide/checklist with open statements for getting different perception and working experience of academia heads as (Deans, Department Heads, InCharge), and of academia (teachers). Data were recorded in the form of mobile recorder and written notes. Transcripts were written and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data for important themes relevant to research objectives. Results of research shows that academia heads assign different tasks to academia, sometime oppose the interest of academia, may create stressful situation. Academia heads have diverse responsibilities to take part in different activities to obtain institutional goals, based on their domain, also face some stress. It was suggested that academia heads must assign work according to academia interest; knowledge and domain, also need to take investigate reasons of disappointment among academia. Work overload and autonomy need urgent concentration.
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Khalid, S., Irshad, M. Z., & Mahmood, B. (2012). Job satisfaction among academic staff: A comparative analysis between public and private sector universities of Punjab, Pakistan. International journal of Business and Management, 7 (1), 126
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Osipow, S. H., & Spokane, A. R. (1983). The occupational environmental scales, the personal strain questionnaire and the personal resources questionnaire. Columbus, OH: Marathon Consulting and Press.
Prerna and Agrawal, K. (2018). Job Stress And Its Impact On Job Performance: A Case Study On Academic Staff At Amity University. International journal for research in engineering application & management (IJREAM), 4(6), 261-266. DOI : 10.18231/2454-9150.2018.0726
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Stephens, N. (2007). Collecting Data from Elites and Ultra Elites: Telephone and Face-to-Face Interviews with Macroeconomists. Qualitative research, 7(2), 203-216.
Toohey. (1995). The communicational model of Stress in employees. Organizational Behavior, 9(3), 203-207.
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Zafar, Q., Ali, A., Hameed, T., Ilyas, T., and Younas, H. (2015), The Influence of Job Stress onEmployees Performance in Pakistan. American Journal of Social Science Research, 1(4), 221-225.
Published
2021-01-29
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Jamal, A., Ch., A., Mahmood, B., Zaka, P., & Ashraf, M. F. (2021). Assessing the Perception of Academicians about Organizational and Personal Aspects of Job Stress and Performance: A Qualitative Study. Amazonia Investiga, 9(36), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2020.36.12.4
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