Effect of Wellbeing on Turnover Intentions of University Teachers

Abstract

Aim of the Study: The purpose of this research was to find the independent variable effect Wellbeing (WB) with Turnover Intentions (TOI) as the dependent variable. Furthermore, the effect of independent variables on dependent variable was to find out and to measure, at what extent the level of WB and demographic effect on TOI of university teachers.

Methodology: The population was all the teachers from Gomal University, Dara Ismail Khan, KPK. A simple random sampling method was used, and the researcher selected the sample frame according to Mugenda & Mugenda (2003). Data in this research was collected by survey method through Google Forms website, personal visits, WatsApp and the sample size was 106 university teachers, the gender wise distribution was as 87 (82%) male and 19 (18%) female teachers. SPSS 27 version was used incorporating descriptive statistics, the correlation was used to check the relationship and Linear Regression was used to check the association between each variable in this research.

Findings: The key findings of correlation analysis were that WB had a positive and significant relationship with TOI. Furthermore, findings of regression analysis also showed that independent variables have a significant effect on dependent variable. Anyhow, the independent variable WB significantly explained TOI and caused variance in it from the findings of regression analysis revealed.

Conclusion: It is concluded that the effect of WB on TOI is significant in university teachers because this illustrates that teachers who have met WB in their working environment are more beneficial, supporting the university’s objectives and goals, and low intention to leave university.