The Relationship between Working Stress and Teaching Efficiencies of Teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Trang Krabi
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This study aimed to 1) examine the level of working stress among teachers,
2) investigate teachers’ teaching efficiency, 3) analyze the relationship between working stress and teaching efficiency, 4) predict teaching efficiency from working stress, and
5) explore problems and suggestions concerning working stress and teaching efficiency. The sample consisted of 331 teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Trang Krabi, selected using two-stage proportional stratified random sampling based on school size. Data were collected through a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, multiple correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis.
The findings indicated that: 1) teachers experienced a high level of working stress, with stress related to job characteristics ranked the highest; 2) teaching efficiency was rated at a very high level; 3) working stress illustrated no statistical significance relationship with teaching efficiency (r = –.041, p > .05); 4) components of working stress jointly elaborated 6.2% of the variance in teaching efficiency (Adjusted R² = .062), with standardized regression coefficients for job characteristics, workplace roles, workplace relationships, career achievement and advancement, and organizational structure of .342, –.269, –.047, –.025, and .063, respectively; and 5) Problems indicated that teachers have experienced stress from excessive non-teaching workloads, overlapping and urgent tasks, as well as issues of management and organizational relationships, all of which diminished instructional time and quality. Recommendations included reducing non-instructional tasks, respecting teachers’ personal time, improving administrative clarity and fairness, providing adequate support staff, and adopting digital technology to alleviate redundant paperwork.
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