IDENTIFYING AND EASING WORK-RELATED STRESS AMONG TEACHING STAFF IN COLLEGES

Abstract

Aim/Purpose:- The aim of the descriptive research study was to know the stress factors which impacting on teaching staff members in various colleges. The focus of this study is on identifying and reducing the stress that college instructors feel. Outcome:- The outcome of the research witnessed that, administrative tasks, paper works, student engagement in class room, behavioural aspects and other sorts of works making individual faculty members feel stress at workplace. Research Methodology/Design/Approach:- This study uses a thorough mixed-methods approach, including quantitative surveys and qualitative which include questionnaire and other survey methods, to identify the main sources of stress for teaching staff and to provide practical solutions for reducing their stress levels. Statistical Technique: - The researcher has taken 100 samples on the basis of simple random sampling  to collect the opinion from various respondents to know the various stressful factors which impact on the teaching staff in the various colleges of the state of Andhra Pradesh. There are various factors like: workload, time management, lack of resources, class room management, student diversity, administrative works, lacking of autonomy, work life, job insecurity and physical environment, lack of individual recognition in the institutions are the major stress factors which makes to feel more stress in the work place. The outcome of the research will facilitate to control the stress factors for teaching staff in the Andhra Pradesh. Novelty:- The research on assessment of stress factors on faculty members is completely new concept, there is no clear research evidences on this particular topic. Generalizability:- The outcome of the research can be generalized under any circumstances where need arises to assess the stressful factors of teaching faculty members. Type of the Research:- It is descriptive research design and applied various fundamental statistical concepts to assess the concept in a systematic manner.

Key words:- work-related stress, teaching staff, colleges, identification, mitigation strategies, higher education, well-being, coping mechanisms.