Is the Disposition of Emotional States and Stress Steered to Negative Affectivity?

Negative affectivity is a personality trait, that has a stable tendency to experience negative emotions. In self-financing colleges, teachers go through a variety of negative emotions, including anger, contempt, guilt, disgust, fear, and nervousness. High levels of negative emotions among teachers are associated with higher levels of stress and dissatisfaction, resulting in negative affectivity. Continued high-level negative affectivity among teachers leads to reduced organizational commitment. Only satisfied teachers can contribute to the success of students and the organization. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze how workplace emotions of teachers in self-financing colleges and their stress levels contribute to negative affectivity. The study involved 100 teachers from various self-financing colleges in Malappuram district, Kerala. Data were collected using a well-structured questionnaire. This is descriptive research and a purposive sampling method was used to obtain the sample of self-financing college teachers. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA, independent sample t- test, and regression. The Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 26, AMOS 26, and Sobel Test were used to analyze the data. The findings suggest that the teachers’ negative emotions and stress contribute to negative affectivity.