Title of paper: Personal effectiveness and psychological well being of teachers in higher education

Since ancient times people have searched for an answer to what makes a good life. Researchers of field of psychological well being assume that an important feature of a good life is that the person himself likes his life. Early studies of well-being were focused on the absence of psychopathology. But the recent studies emphasize on optimal Psychological Well Being. In the current study, the psychological well being of teachers is being studied. Psychological health of teachers is a prerequisite for the “success” of students, the education system, and the society at large. Another important parameter which has a great impact on performance of teachers is: Personal Effectiveness. Personal effectiveness include openness with others, sharing and taking feedback from others and ability to understand verbal and non verbal cues from others. Current research is aimed at studying relationship between Personal Effectiveness and Psychological Well Being. In current study 54 teachers from management institutes in Faridabad have been studied. Personal effectiveness scale (Pareek, 1981) for teachers was used to measure personal effectiveness of faculty members and Ryff's scale of Psychological Well being (Ryff, 1995) was used to measure psychological well being of faculty members. Results of correlations depict that there is no significant relationship between any of the factor of personal effectiveness and psychological well being of teachers in higher education.