Social loafing in elementary school teachers: the predictive role of psychological well-being and spirituality in the workplace

Rahim fardiyan¹ Kamran mamghaderi² Masoud najari³

1) PhD in Educational Management, Department of Educational Sciences, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran.
2) Master of Elementary Education, Education, Bukan, West Azerbaijan, Iran
3) PhD in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran

IOI Code : XEFZ-HCEHF
Publication : The Second National Conference on Psychotherapy in Iran(incpuma2.ir)
Abstract :
    The current research was conducted with the aim of predicting Social loafing based on psychological well-being and spirituality in the workplace. The descriptive research method was correlation type. The statistical population of the research included all the elementary school teachers of Bukan city in 2021-2022, and 100 people were evaluated as a sample using the available sampling method. To measure the studied variables, questionnaires of social laziness (George, 1992), Rif s psychological well-being (1995) and spirituality in the workplace were used by Milliman et al. (2003). The research data was analyzed using Pearson s correlation coefficient and step-by-step regression analysis with SPSS version 23 software, and the significance level of the tests was considered to be 0.05. The findings showed that there was a significant positive correlation between psychological well-being and spirituality in the work environment of teachers. Also, there was a significant negative correlation between psychological well-being and spirituality in the work environment of teachers with Social loafing. 33.7% of the variance of Social loafing was explained by mental well-being, and a total of 43.8% of the variance of social laziness was explained by mental well-being and spirituality in the workplace. According to the results of the research, it can be stated that in order to reduce Social loafing in primary school teachers, the role of mental well-being and spirituality in the teachers work environment should also be considered.

Keywords : social loafing psychological well being spirituality in the work environment elementary teachers