Stress in academe: What bothers professors?

Autor/in	Thorsen, Elizabeth J.
Titel	Stress in academe: What bothers professors?
Quelle	In: Higher education, 31 (1996) 4, S. 471-489Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 50; Tabellen 7
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1007/BF00137127
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Lehre; Arbeitsbedingungen; Arbeitszeit; Hochschullehrer; Belastung; Tätigkeit; Kanada
Abstract	Traditionally, the professoriate has not been viewed as a stressful occupation. Academic freedom and tenure seemed to provide work conditions which were free of common stress producing pressures. Situations recognized as stressful in other occupations have now become common in academe. The study sought, inter alia, to identify the nature and extent of occupational stress in the professoriate. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire mailed to faculty in four Ontario universities.... The research questions and hypotheses sought to test relationships between personal and occupational variables and perceived stress. It was found that quantity rather than the nature of academic work was stressful. Teaching was the least stressful of the work functions and research the most, particularly among professors in the humanities. The hours spent on the job and tasks which had a time constraint were significant sources of stress for this sample. Rank rather than tenure status appeared to be most significantly related to perceived stress. (DIPF/Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1998_(CD)