Perceived stress and work ability in primary schools: What is the role of life events.
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2025-02-18
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Primary schools in the Netherlands face challenges related to sustainable employment, resulting in workforce shortages. One challenge related to sustainable employment is the amount of perceived stress that is reported in this occupation. Studies have shown that workrelated perceived stress induced by major life events and work ability are negatively related. However, those studies place employees solely in their work environment, which is incorrect
because employees’ lives consist of both their work and non-work lives. It is the crossoverspillover model that suggests when major life events occur in an employee’s non-work life and cause perceived stress, this stress carries over to their work life. The relationship between major life events, both work-related and non-work-related, and their potential to induce perceived stress affecting work ability has received limited attention in the literature. This
study addresses this gap by examining whether perceived stress, triggered by major life events in both domains, impacts work ability. To provide an answer to the research question this study collected questionnaires filled in by teachers in primary schools in the Netherlands. These questionnaires were based on the perceived stress scale (PSS10) and the work ability
index (WAI). After data analysis, the results showed high scores on PSS10 are connected to lower scores on WAI. The data also showed that the control variables age, gender, and size of employment did not influence scores on WAI. These results answered the research question by accepting the hypothesis and concluding that perceived stress induced by major life events
is connected to lower work ability.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen