Hope and Professional Quality of Life in Healthcare Workers and Teachers

Hope is a positive anticipation or a state of being that holds a sense of successful energy that is goal oriented and driven, and spontaneous planning to meet the goals. Professional Quality of Life is how an individual perceives their quality and position in reference to their profession or occupation. The aim of the paper is to study the comparison and relationship between Hope and Professional Quality of Life, in Healthcare workers and teachers.  The sample consisted of 100 individuals, 50 healthcare workers and 50 teachers, and two questionnaires were used for the study, Professional Quality of Life Scale and The Adult Trait Hope Scale. According to the findings, there are significant differences and relationships in Hope and professional quality of life between healthcare workers and teachers respectively at 0.05 level, in all dimensions of the scale. Thereby indicating there is a correlation between hope and professional quality of life.