<b>Occupational Stress, Intrinsic Motivation </b><b>a</b><b>nd Work Performance Among University Teachers</b>

The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationship between work performance, intrinsic motivation, and occupational stress in university instructors as well as any gender differences in these variables. With ages ranging from 30 to 65, the 103 female and 147 male participants in this research were chosen at random from various institutions. This cross-sectional study included the Occupational Stress Scale, the Scale of Work Intrinsic Motivation, and an Individual Work Performance Questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SPSS. Intrinsic motivation and task performance, contextual performance, counterproductive work behavior, and job performance are significantly and favorably correlated. The results show that stress at work negatively affects intrinsic motivation. These results indicate that female instructors experience much higher levels of professional stress than their male counterparts. In addition, men instructors reported better work performance and a somewhat greater level of intrinsic motivation than female teachers.