Predictive relationship between Procrastination, Work stress and Mental Wellbeing among Bank Employees of Gujranwala

Sana Rehman¹ , Qamar-ul-islam ² , Zunair Ali³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.5 , Issue.12 , pp.79-85, Dec-2019

Online published on Dec 31, 2019

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Abstract :
The mental health problems among bank employees are very crucial throughout the world. In particular, the bank employees of Pakistan experience substantial mental health issues. As bank employees encounter high work demands that cause procrastination, that leads to work stress as well as mental health issues among bank employees. Therefore the current study aims to investigate the predictive relationship between Procrastination, Work Stress, and Mental Well-being among Bank Employees. The present study was a cross-section research design followed the convenient sampling technique to select a sample size of 350 bank employees. The Measures GWS (Gideon, Bruin & Nicola, 2005) PAWS, (Metin, Taris, and Peeters, 2015), and WEMWB Scale (2006) were used in the current study. The data obtained from questionnaires were analyzed by the use of the SPSS 21 version. The output of the present research revealed the positive correlation between procrastination and work stress. In contrast, mental well-being found to be negatively associated with procrastination and work stress. The results of the multiple regression analysis revealed that the Soldiering and Cyber-slacking were found to be the negative predictors of mental well-being among bank employees. No significant mean difference has been found in demographic variables except soldiering in age. The study would help the management employees, other supportive representatives, and psychologists to understand that how procrastination and work

Key-Words / Index Term :
General Work Stress, Procrastination, Mental Well-Being, Bank Employees

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