The effect of COVID-19 induced work stressors on life satisfaction of university teachers in India: an empirical study

This paper explores the effect of COVID-19 induced work stressors on life satisfaction. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the results. The results show that: a) COVID-19 induced stressors, namely role overload and psychological distress, negatively relate to life satisfaction, whereas family distractions do not; b) the indirect effect of all COVID-19 induced stressors on life satisfaction is significant, and gender moderates the relationship between job performance and life satisfaction. Human resource practitioners must not see work-from-home as another tool to manage a situation. There is a need to relook at work-from-home from the perspective of facilitating employees to manage work without affecting their homes to improve their life satisfaction. The issue should be openly discussed with employees on board to explore how the adverse effect of stressors on employees' life satisfaction in work-from-home situations can be minimised.