PREDICTORS OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS OCCUPATIONAL STRESS
Keywords:
academic stress, sources of stress, predictors of stress,Abstract
One phenomenon that generates significant losses in terms of productivity and cost
in organizations is occupational stress. Stress is encountered in various
occupational groups, but its levels are high when we speak about professions that
are in contact with a large number of people as part of their responsibilities, such
as teaching. Given the major implications of stress on the individual involved in
the work, but also on the organization, the main concern of this research was to
identify and understand the risk factors involved. Using the hierarchical
regression, we tried to highlight the extent to which certain stress sources in the
academic environment influence the level of stress experienced by the teachers,
while controlling the influence of other situational factors such as demographics
or personality factors.
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