Haji Zul Fakhari bin Muksin
Assistant Head of the General Studies Division (Academic)
Politeknik Brunei
Hj Zul Fakhari Muksin graduated with BA (Ed.) in TESL from UBD in 2005. He began his professional career as Education Officer in 2005 at Rimba Secondary School, and is now working at Politeknik Brunei teaching Communication Skills since 2012. He is currently the Assistant Head of the General Studies Division (Academic) at the institution. He has a deep passion for personal/professional management and positive psychology, particularly in emotional intelligence and well-being.
Co-Presenter
Rahimah binti Haji Mohiddin
Head of Research and Statistics
Politeknik Brunei
Rahimah Mohiddin graduated with BSc Physics from UCL in 2000 and MSc in Physics from University of Sussex in 2010. She started her career at the Science College and was promoted to Politeknik Brunei in 2014, teaching engineering and mathematics. She was posted in 2018 as an education attaché to the United Kingdom and upon return, was appointed as the Head of Research and Statistics at Politeknik Brunei. Her passion includes innovative teaching and learning, particularly in constructivism.
Abstract
THE STUDY OF THE EMOTIONAL COMPETENCY AND WELL-BEING OF POLITEKNIK BRUNEI ACADEMIC STAFF
Strand: Teachers’ Well-being
The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceived emotional intelligence, stress level and well-being of 160 academic staff at Politeknik Brunei (PB) across all schools. The authors of this study hypothesize that Trait Emotional Intelligence will be negatively correlated to stress and positively correlated to wellbeing. Three widely used and established research instruments are employed and administered in the pilot and actual study such as TEIQue (full-form), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) to determine the correlation of the variables. This is an ongoing study since the results are expected to confirm the underlying causes of distress in the workplace. This can potentially have strong practical and social implications as academic staff are expected to be able to manage their emotions better in personal and professional settings.
Keywords:
Emotional intelligence, stress, well-being.