Abstract

The present study has been designed to find out the effects of political instability on teachers‟ work decorum during the year 2014. The said period was marked with several political movements and terrorist attack on APS, Peshawar. A mix method research design has been adopted to get in-depth knowledge from teachers about the effects of the existing political instability on their work behaviour. Five public universities of Lahore were selected for this purpose. A total of 100 teachers, twenty from each university, were selected for the study by using the convenient sample selection technique. Perceptions regarding the effects of political instability on work behavior scale (PREPIWBS) were developed and administered to sample teachers. Twenty statements were grouped into four categories, namely, instructional strategies, motivation, stress and building rapport with peers and students. Along with quantitative data, teachers were asked a few open- ended questions related to the causes and effects of PI. Data were analyzed by simple descriptive statistics and qualitatively as well.