Background and Objectives: Job stress is not always caused directly by the stressful sources, but it results more from the way in which those sources are perceived. Therefore, a lot of factors are effective in job stress. As such, the present study was done to predict the job stress based on spiritual intelligence and self-diffrentiation of teachers of exceptional children in the town of Shahri...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the nursing unit design on stress and job satisfaction. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire (DCSQ) were administered to 40 nurse participants to evaluate staff stress, job satisfaction, and perceptions of work environment. In addition, two follow-up focus groups were conducted to expand upon the collec...

BACKGROUND Stress has been seen as a routine and accepted part of the health care worker's role. There is a lack of research on stress in nurses in Ireland. AIMS To examine the levels of stress experienced by nurses working in an Irish teaching hospital and investigate differences in perceived stress levels by ward area and associations with work characteristics. METHODS A cross-sectional s...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the relationship between perceived responsibilities by workers and job characteristics and experiences of stress. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between job stress and work responsibilities and job characteristics. METHODS We analyzed data from 2737 adults who were labor force participants in the province of Alberta, Canada. A logistic regression ...

Perceived work ability refers to a worker's assessment of his or her ability to continue working in his or her job, given characteristics of the job along with his or her resources. Perceived work ability is a critical variable to study in the United States, given an aging workforce, trends to delay retirement, and U.S. policy considerations to delay the age at which full Social Security retire...

OBJECTIVES The first purpose of this study was to compare the psychosocial working conditions and mental health of our sample of maritime engine officers with a sample of British shore-based professional engineers. The second purpose was to analyse the relationship between the psychosocial working conditions onboard and mental strain for the Swedish maritime engine officers. MATERIAL AND METH...

BACKGROUND Understanding the interactive relationships between demographics and work-related variables, job stress, job stress coping strategies, and job satisfaction for operating room (OR) nurses is important. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the stressors, the stress coping strategies, and the job satisfaction of nursing staff who worked in the OR and to evaluate influenc...

This paper examines the relationship between organizational loyalty and technostress for IS&T workers. A survey was conducted in the United States Midwest. The path model developed from the results indicated that perceived job stress lowered job satisfaction, while better technology management strategy increased job satisfaction and organizational commitment.