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    An investigation on the role of secondary school teachers’ psychological capital and perceived supervisor support on job stress, in Windhoek, Namibia
    (University of Namibia, 2024) Basiamang, Ogone
    Secondary School teacher in Namibia have a substantial influence on the progression of both the social and economic aspects of the community. However, in fulfilling this responsibility, teachers in Namibia are confronted with numerous issues that contribute to job stress. In order to identify possible measures to mitigate this issue, the study’s purpose was to investigate the role of secondary school teacher’s psychological capital and perceived supervisor support on job stress, in Windhoek, Namibia. The study implemented the convenience sampling technique with a participant pool of 263 teachers. Furthermore, the investigation utilised a quantitative approach through the implementation of questionnaires. This included the use of the Work Stress Questionnaire to measure job stress, the Compound Psychological Capital Scale to assess psychological capital and the supervisor relations subscale derived from the Antecedents Scale, to measure perceived supervisor support. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS Version 29, wherein measures of internal reliability, Pearson correlation and regression analysis were determined. The study uncovered an insignificant correlation between psychological capital and job stress (r= -.07, p>.05) This reveals that psychological capital is not associated with the changes in the level of job stress. However, subsets of psychological capital, such as hope (r=-.15, p<.05), and resilience were found to have a negative significant correlation (r= -.15, p<.05); thus indicating that an increase in psychological capital is associated with a decrease in job stress. Moreover, self-efficacy was observed to have a negative significant relationship with the subsets of job stress, specifically influence at work (r= -.20, p<.05) and individual demands and commitment (r=-.15, p<.05), therefore, indicating that an increase in self-efficacy was associated with the decrease in job stress dimensions influence at work and individual demands and ii commitment. The study also revealed that the most effective regression model for intervention development is one that encompasses the subsets of psychological capital and perceived supervisor support. Hence, the study provided recommendations that foster psychological capital and perceived supervisor support at individual level, organisational and regional level. It is further recommended that further investigations should be carried out to obtain a comprehensive understanding of other factors that could influence work-related stress, such as coping mechanisms and leadership styles