Job Insecurity, Work Life Balance And Quality Of Work Life As Predictors Of Psychological Wellbeing Among Secondary School Teachers In Ibadan South West Local Government, Oyo State.

Abstract

This paper examines the influence of work-life balance, quality of work life, and job insecurity on psychological wellbeing among secondary school teachers in Ibadan, Oyo State. There were 200 respondents used in the study, about 11 hypotheses were tested. Correlation analysis revealed that work-life balance had no significant relationship with psychological wellbeing (r = -0.03, p > .05) and most of its subcomponents, except for environmental mastery and autonomy, which showed significant negative relationships (r = -0.16, p < .05). This indicates that teachers with higher work-life balance reported lower levels of environmental mastery and autonomy. Quality of work life, however, showed significant positive correlations with psychological wellbeing (r = 0.23, p < .01) and five of its subcomponents, including self-acceptance, positive relations, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and autonomy. Job insecurity also showed positive correlations with psychological wellbeing and its components, but not with personal growth. Independent t-tests were used to test four hypotheses. There was no significant difference in psychological wellbeing between teachers with high and low job insecurity [t(198) = 0.76, p > .05]. However, a significant difference was found based on work-life balance [t(198) = 2.09, p < .05], but in an unexpected direction: teachers with low work-life balance reported higher wellbeing. No significant difference in psychological wellbeing was observed based on quality of work life or gender. Multiple regression analysis showed that work-life balance, quality of work life, and job insecurity jointly predicted psychological wellbeing [R² = 0.07, F(3,196) = 4.77, p < .01], though none of the predictors had a significant independent effect. These predictors also jointly predicted self-acceptance and positive relations with others, with quality of work life and job insecurity emerging as significant individual predictors for each outcome respectively. Overall, the findings suggest that while work-life balance, job insecurity, and quality of work life have some influence on psychological wellbeing, their effects vary across specific dimensions, with quality of work life showing the most consistent positive influence. The results were discussed accordingly.