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| Published: August 15, 2017
Influence of Positive Mental Health on Quality of Work Life of Government School Teachers
Assistant Professor in Psychology, Periyar University, Salem, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.053/20170404
DOI: 10.25215/0404.053
ABSTRACT
Positive mental health is the state of wellbeing wherein the individual is able to relate well with others, carry out his duties effectively and handle stress. It is a state that gives happiness and peace to the individual. When mental health is affected, it affects one’s thinking, behavior, and physical health. Positive mental health in workplace is necessary for a person to carry out his work successfully, and be innovative. It is necessary for an employer to constantly have a check on the mental health of the employees, as wellbeing has a great impact on the turnover of the organization. This article is an attempt to check the association between mental health and quality of work life of government school teachers of Salem city. Positive mental health instrument (Vaingankar, et al., 2011) and Quality of work life scale (Parameswari & Kadhiravan, 2014) were used to collect the data. The collected data were analysed using appropriate statistical tools and the implications of the study is discussed.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2017 Parameswari J
Received: July 04, 2017; Revision Received: August 02, 2017; Accepted: August 15, 2017
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.053/20170404
10.25215/0404.053
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Published in Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017