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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024)
The International "Journal of Academic Research for Humanities"

Research Articles

Role of Spiritual Intelligence, Work-Family Conflict and Job Performance among University Teachers

Published 13-02-2024

  • Feroz Usmani
    • ,
  • Amna Aslam
    • ,
  • Farah Kanwal

Feroz Usmani
District Probation Officer, District Courts Sialkot, Pakistan

Amna Aslam
Lecturer, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Technology (KFUEIT), Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan

Farah Kanwal
Lecturer, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Technology (KFUEIT), Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan

Abstract

This study investigates the correlation between spiritual intelligence, work-family conflict, and job performance of married female university teachers and whether spiritual intelligence and work work-family conflict predict the job performance of married female university teachers or not. A self-constructed demographic questionnaire, meaning in life questionnaire (Steger, 2006) WFC scale by Carlson, et al. (2000) job performance self-rating questionnaire by Amin et. al., (2013) were administered to evaluate the correlation between spiritual intelligence, work-family conflict & job performance. The sample consisted of 200 married female university teachers. (Mage=36.15, SD= 4.10) recruited from different universities of Lahore. Reliability was run along with Pearson’s correlation and multiple Linear Regression and the result indicated a significant correlation between spiritual intelligence, work-family conflict & and job performance of married female university teachers, and spiritual intelligence, work-family conflict emerged as analysts of job performance. Inclusive data on teachers’ job performance is given by this study and accordingly, it will demonstrate a motivating force for educators to improve their job performance.

Keywords

Spiritual, Intelligence, Conflict, Performance, Teachers

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