EMOTIONAL STABILITY, ADVERSITY QUOTIENT, EMPOWERMENT AND JOY AT WORK OF PRIVATE GENERAL EDUCATION SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MUEANG DISTRICT, PHETCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study (examine) 1) the level of emotional stability, adversity quotient, empowerment and joy at work of teachers 2) the relationship between emotional stability and joy at work of teachers, 3) the relationship between adversity quotient and joy at work of teachers, and 4) the relationship between empowerment and joy at work of teachers. In this study, 285 teachers from Mueang district in Phetchaburi province were used as samples. The participants were selected by proportional stratified sampling. The overall reliability of the emotional stability questionnaire was.85, and the overall reliability of the adversity quotient questionnaire was.94. The overall reliability of the empowerment questionnaire was.98, and the overall reliability of the joy at work questionnaire was.96. The data were collected through questionnaires, which was then analyzed using a statistical package application. The statistical analysis used percentages, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The statistical significance was set at.05 and.01 levels of confidence. The result was as follows; 1) emotional stability of teachers was at the moderate level, and their adversity quotient, empowerment and joy at work were all high with the statistical significance of .05. 2) Emotional stability was found to be positively connected to teachers' joy at work, with a score correlation coefficient of.44 and a statistical significance of.01. 3) The adversity quotient was positively related to teachers' joy at work, with a score correlation coefficient of.71 and a statistical significance of.01. 4) empowerment was positively related to teachers' joy at work, with a score correlation coefficient of.64 and a statistical significance of.01, respectively.