| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this research is to explore
occupational stress and Work From Home
(WFH) experience throughout the Covid-19
pandemic of female academicians in Sri Lankan
universities. A mixed research method was
adopted where, quantitative and qualitative
research designs were used. Occupational Stress
Index questionnaire (OSI) and in-depth
interviews were utilized for data collection
purposes. Descriptive statistics, and thematic
analysis were employed for analysis. A sample of
348 female university academics from state and
non-state universities were selected by using
multistage stratified sampling for quantitative
objectives. The findings revealed that, most of
the female academics from state universities
experienced highest level of occupational stress
compared to the female academics from nonstate universities. Considering stress levels of
inexperienced academics, highest level of stress
was reported from the state universities,
compared to the academics of non-state
universities. Moreover, role overload was
recorded as the factor that contributed to the
highest level of stress among academics while
the lowest stress contributing factor was
reported to be the powerlessness. Twelve
participants those who participated for the
survey were randomly chosen for in – depth
interviews. Outcomes of the thematic analysis
revealed five main themes related to coping
mechanism included: physical, cerebral,
creative, communal, and psychological
activities. | en_US |
