Determinants of Psychological Work Environment Among School Teacher in Malaysia
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Mar 26, 2021
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Determinants;, Psychological;, Work Environment;, Physical health;, Thought;, Heavy Workload;, Psychological Work;, Environment;
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The role of a teacher is the main subject nowadays who is facing under pressure with the workload besides teaching. This research objective is to analyze the determinant psychological work environment and its impact among School Teacher in Kuantan, Pahang. The findings of this study by using questionnaires as a medium of data collection from School Teacher involved in Kuantan, Pahang. The present survey was carried out to provide the broad study capability, which ensures a more accurate sample to gather targeted result of a sample size of 340 School Teachers to draw a conclusion and gain essential decisions. The result indicates that only four of the hypotheses show a positive relationship and imply determinants of psychological work environment, which are physical health, thought, personality, and heavy workload. The findings of this study will be beneficial to the society, organization, and government that teachers play an essential role in the education sector today and serve as a future reference for researchers on the recent subject of the determinant psychological work environment.
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Al Ayubi, S. A., Manshor, R., & Md Saad, M. N. (2021). Determinants of Psychological Work Environment Among School Teacher in Malaysia. Asian Social Science and Humanities Research Journal (ASHREJ), 3(1), 31-41. https://doi.org/10.37698/ashrej.v3i1.61
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Malaysia. (2012). Laws of Malaysia, Act 550, Education Act 1996
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The physical environment offers more or less physical safety, and that concerns about accidents or injury are likely to have some effect on psychological well-being.
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