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This study aimed to identify the contribution of job stress and self-efficacy towards burnout among secondary school teachers. The collection of data was done using survey method. The respondents were 94 secondary school teachers from selected school within Batang Padang District, Perak. The data were collected using a set of questionnaires, which contained the Effort Reward Imbalance Scale (ERI), Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) and Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey (MBI-ES). The descriptive statistics was utilized to see the levels of variables involved and multiple regression was utilized to predict the contribution of job stress and self-efficacy towards burnout. The findings revealed that both variables of job stress and self-efficacy were significantly contributed to burnout among the secondary school teachers. Thus, it was proven that both of variables been measured could affect the burnout among the educators. Keywords: Job stress, Self-efficacy, Burnout, T.....

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Lecturers’ job scope is challenging and demanding. It can lead to undesirable behaviours within the academic practice if lecturers start to feel burdened by those job scopes. Hence, rather than solely focusing on performance, lecturers’ engagement towards their tasks should be acknowledged. This article is attempting to discuss the issues and challenges related to the work engagement of lecturers by referring to previous articles. First, the concept of work engagement is described. Then, the reality of lecturers’ engagement is explored. Then, it is followed by the current challenges within their job that might risk their engagement are included. This article concludes with a summary of the article and some recommendations for future researches. The significance of this article is that proper measures can be planned and administered starting from the management level until the individual level which is the lecturers themselves so that work engagement can be attained. Keywords: W.....

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This study aimed to evaluate job-related affective well-being, perceived supervisor support and positive feedback as contributing factors to work engagement of lecturers in the context two countries in the South East Asia. A total of 134 lecturers of one university in Malaysia and one university in Indonesia were recruited through simple random sampling. The research instruments were Job Affective Well-Being Scale, Survey of Perceived Supervisor Support and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, while the statement of positive feedback was given in a hardcopy form or via personal e-mail. Multiple regression analysis showed that job affective well-being (? = 0.49, p = .01) and perceived supervisor support (? = 0.27, p = .01) made significant contribution to the prediction of work engagement. However, positive feedback statement (? = 0.02, p = .75) was not a significant predictor of work engagement. Therefore, a better strategy of the implementation of positive feedback should be considered in f.....

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This study aimed to evaluate job-related affective well-being, perceived supervisor support and positive feedback as contributing factors to work engagement of lecturers in the context two countries in the South East Asia. A total of 134 lecturers of one university in Malaysia and one university in Indonesia were recruited through simple random sampling. The research instruments were Job Affective Well-Being Scale, Survey of Perceived Supervisor Support and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, while the statement of positive feedback was given in a hardcopy form or via personal e-mail. Multiple regression analysis showed that job affective well-being (β = 0.49, p = .01) and perceived supervisor support (β = 0.27, p = .01) made significant contribution to the prediction of work engagement. However, positive feedback statement (β = 0.02, p = .75) was not a significant predictor of work engagement. Therefore, a better strategy of the implementation of positive feedback should be co.....

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Background: The original Family Resilience Scale (FRS) is a reliable tool to assess family resilience. However, the FRS is based on the United States and parental context. Thus, the usefulness of the FRS for the adolescent and young adult population in Asian countries, particularly Malaysia remains unknown. This study translated the FRS into the Malay language and validated it on Malaysian adolescents and young adults to identify its potential as a self-report tool to assess the resilience level of their family. Methods: A total of 351 participants (Mage = 19.75, SDage = 3.29) were recruited in the study using purposive sampling. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to examine the factorial structure of the Family Resilience Scale-Malay (FRS-Malay) and measurement invariance between adolescents and young adults. Then, the scales reliability was investigated using Cronbachs alpha, McDonalds omega coefficients, and composite reliability index. Finally, we examined the discriminant .....

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The association between social support and mental health at work has been widely established; nevertheless, notably among working women, the significance of age in that relationship remains controversial. This research used age as a moderator to determine mental health from social support. The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List12 (ISEL-12) and the Mental Health Inventory18 (MHI-18) was answered by 100 working women (Mage=41.20; SDage=9.80). A significant association between social support and mental health were reported but not between age and mental health. Age moderated the connection between social support and mental health. Younger women demonstrated greater mental health than older women in low-social support environments. With increasing social support, older working women reported better mental health. The findings of this study can be implemented by companies to develop and implement social support methods and policies to improve overall mental health in the workplace. 2023,.....

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Low-income working mothers are susceptible to well-being issues. However, research on the interplay between supervisor support and the work outcomes and psychological well-being of Malaysian low-income working mothers is scarce. Therefore, this study identifies the relationship between work outcomes (work stress, work-life balance, workplace bullying) and the moderating role of supervisor support in the psychological well-being of working mothers. Using purposive sampling, data were obtained from a survey of 269 respondents (M-age = 38.15, SD-age = 8.14) employing offline and online methods. The participants completed the demographic section, Psychological Well-being Scale, Work Stress Scale, Work-life Balance Checklist, Malaysian Workplace Bullying Index, and Supervisor Support Scale. Structural equation modelling analysis showed that work stress was the main contributor to psychological well-being (β = -0.41, t = -2.87, p = .004), followed by supervisor support (β = 0.29, t = 3.34,.....

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The impact of work outcomes (work stress, work-life balance, workplace bullying, and support) on the well-being of working women has been argued for decades. As the rate of employed women rises, the negative impacts of work outcomes on well-being require urgent investigation to retain employees. Thus, this review identifies the associations between work outcomes and psychological well-being among working women. Utilising seven databases (EBSCOhost Research Database, Scopus, Sage Publications, PubMed, Taylor and Francis Online, Google Scholar, and Wiley Online), a total of 13 quantitative studies and ten qualitative studies were included in the review. This review reported moderate links between work stress and well-being (r = -0.20 to -0.44), weak to strong links between work-life balance and well-being (r = 0.12 to 0.70), moderate links between workplace bullying and well-being (r = -0.21 to -0.24), and weak to moderate links between support and well-being (r = 0.20 to 0.38). The most.....

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