Impact of Work Life Balance, Workload and Supervisory Support on Teachers’ Job Performance with Mediating Role of Stress: A Case of Private Institutions

Abstract

Education plays a significant role in the development of a country. One of the main stakeholders of the education sector are teachers who may transform and prepare the students in a productive manner. To achieve this strategic goal, it is indispensable to have a healthy environment in education sector. Main objective of the present study is to analyze the impact of work life balance, workload and supervisory support on teachers’ job performance with mediating role of stress in Pakistani private sector educational institutions. To achieve this objective, survey method approach has been used to collect the data through questionnaire. 300 questionnaires were distributed among the faculty members of private educational institutions in Islamabad. To ascertain empirical results, regression, correlation and mediation analyses have been conducted. Main results indicate that there is positive impact of work life balance and supervisory support on teacher’s performance while, stress mediated the relationship between work life balance and job performance. Workload has a significant effect on teacher’s performance. Another significant result is that stress played positive role as a mediator between workload and job performance as well as work life balance and job performance. Main implication of the study is to signify and refine the role of teachers in primary education system in Islamabad. If the teachers are overburdened, then their work life balance would be disturbed and their performance will affect drastically. This study highlights key factors like supervisory support, workload and work life balance which are playing significant role in job performance of teachers. The management of private institutions may concentrate these factors for attaining better results from teachers.