Affiliations: Departments of Education & Psychology,
Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Maria Michailidis, Departments of
Education & Psychology, Intercollege, P.O. Box 24005, Nicosia 1703 Cyprus.
Tel.: +11 357 2 356459; Fax: +11 357 2 357665;
E-mail:michailidis.m@intercollege.ac.cy
Abstract: This study examined through survey research methodology the degree
to which, faculty, administrators and program coordinators, working in higher
education, experience stress at work. The Occupational Stress Indicator was
used, composed of four compound factors: sources of occupational stress,
individual characteristics, coping strategies and the effects of stress.
Preliminary findings showed that occupational stress has a negative impact on
the degree of satisfaction with their achievement, value and growth, being
strongest with faculty and coordinators, (dissatisfaction with career
opportunities, personal growth, skill utilization). Another significant outcome
was the dissatisfaction of faculty with the organizational design, structure
and processes (communication, change implementation, motivation, supervision
style, participation in decision-making). All possess individual
characteristics of the Type A Scale; they all considered major sources of
pressure in their jobs to be their relationships with others, home/work
interface, their need to achieve personal and corporate success. Occupational
stress has affected their state of health.
