Workplace Stressors and Their Impact on Mental Health: Strategies for Promoting Well-being in the Workplace
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https://doi.org/10.48017/dj.v11i2.3696Keywords:
wellness iniatives, psychological impact, workplace stressors, mental healthAbstract
To ensure the delivery of quality education, the psychological well-being of faculty members is a paramount institutional priority. Anchored in the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between workplace stressors and mental health outcomes, and to evaluate the efficacy of proposed organizational wellness interventions. A quantitative, descriptive survey design was employed at a public higher education institution in Marikina City, Philippines. Data were collected from a cohort of 96 permanent faculty members using a validated, researcher-made survey instrument. The results revealed a high prevalence of occupational stressors (M = 3.84, SD = 0.74), primarily driven by heavy workloads (M = 4.10) and career development constraints (M = 3.98). Despite these high job demands, faculty reported experiencing mental health symptoms at a moderate, intermittent frequency (M = 2.70, SD = 0.72), indicating active but finite personal resilience. To buffer these demands, respondents overwhelmingly endorsed the implementation of structured organizational interventions (M = 4.27, SD = 0.85), specifically prioritizing the promotion of an inclusive environment (M = 4.34) and health-oriented manager training (M = 4.31). Ultimately, this study concludes that while permanent faculty exhibit resilience, heavy occupational demands threaten long-term stability. Institutions must transition to a proactive culture of wellness by institutionalizing targeted job resources, including structural workload audits, empathetic leadership capacitation, and comprehensive mental health policies.
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