Occupational Factors and Faculty Members' Well-Being and Functioning: Investigating the Mediating Role of Need Frustration

• In Event: 31.049 - Faculty Well-Being

Abstract

Research suggests that faculty well-being is a concern in academia. According to the Job Demands-Resources model, excessive job demands and lack of resources impact faculty well-being and functioning. Little is known, however, about the psychological mechanisms underlying the influence of working context on faculty members’ well-being and functioning. In a sample of 643 Canadian faculty members, the present study addressed this gap and investigated the mediating impact of frustration of basic psychological needs for the relationships between job demands and resources, on one hand, and well-being and functioning on the other hand. The results mainly support the formulated hypotheses and highlight the importance of working context and psychological needs for the experience of well-being and functioning among faculty members.

Authors

• Zaynab Sabagh, McGill University

• Nathan C. Hall, McGill University

• Alenoush Saroyan, McGill University

• Sarah-Genevieve Trepanier