Citation:

Jonel Mark D. Sarno, Nestor C. Nabe. "Health and Safety, Job Stress and Perceived Social Support: A Structural Equation Model on Quality of Work-life among Criminology Instructors in Region XI" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 559-575, 2023.

Abstract:

The study aimed to assess the level of health and safety, job stress, the degree of what is considered social support and work-life balance among criminology instructors in Region XI. Additionally, the research aimed to determine the best-fit model for the quality of work-life in the context of criminology educators. A survey was conducted on a total of 172 instructors, selected using a stratified random sampling technique. The data underwent analysis with descriptive and statistical techniques such as means, Pearson’s Product-moment Correlation Analysis, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, and Structural Equation Model. The study’s findings indicate that criminology instructors exhibited a high degree of health and safety, perceived social support, and quality of work-life. Conversely, the level of workplace stress among these instructors was found to be low. The endogenous variable, quality of work-life, was found to be correlated with three exogenous variables: health and safety, job stress, and perceived social support. When regressed, the three exogenous variables were found to influence the quality of work-life both independently and aggregately. Model 5 was revealed to be the best fit for quality of work-life with job stress and perceived social support as remaining latent and observable variables.

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Keywords:

Criminal Justice; Criminology Instructors, Health And Safety; Job Stress, Perceived Social Support, Quality of Work-Life, Structural Equation Model.