IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE WELLBEING ON JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG TEACHERS IN KANDY DISTRICT:

Abstract

This research examines the relationship between the employee wellbeing and job performance with the particular emphasis on school teachers in Sri Lanlia at Kandy district. This stucly investigates r,vellbeing in its three aspects, namely physical' emotional. and social and hor,v the psychological capital afTects the relationships between these aspects and the job perfornrance. The researchers carry out research on a quantitative study method r,vith a structured questionnaire and focus on 371 teachers and the research data were processed using SPSS and the technique of correlation analysis and multivariate regression and moderation w'ith the use of the PROCE'SS macro. It has been found out that the three-dimension (physical, emotional, and social) view of employee wellbeing exerts a positive and significant effect on job performance of all these, social wellbeing was observed to play the most influential role, then follow'ed by emotional and physical wellbeing' Moreover, these findings confitm that psychological cap'ital does not influence the relationship between employee well-being and job perfbrmance, and that psychological resources such as resilience, optimism, and self-effrCacy''enhance positive outcomes r,vhen they are high. There are significant implications of the study to education policymakers and administrators at schools where it is recommended that teachers physical health, emotional w-ellbeing and social relatethress need to be nurtured to achieve better results at work. Additionally, psychological capital, achieved through organizational training and development initiatives, woulcl also enhance these impacts even more' Another impact of the findings on the scholarly field is the provision of empirical evidence in the context of a developing country, where the wellbeing of teachers is frequently ignored' Overall, the research detennines the multifacetedness of wellbeing and highlights the significance of psychological lesources as one of the means of performance optimization that also presupposes the holistic approach to teacher support in the Sri Lankan education sYstem. Keyrvords: Physical wellbeing, Emotional wellbeing, Social wellbeing' Psychological capital, Job performance