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Stressing Academia? Stress-as-Offence-to-Self at Danish Universities
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Opstrup, Niels; Pihl-Thingvad, Signe – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
Academic work has traditionally been seen as relatively stress free. However, a growing number of studies have reported increases in occupational stress experienced by university researchers. In order to explain stress among this group, we build on a new perspective in occupational stress research: the so-called stress-as-offence-to-self…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Work Environment, Researchers, Universities
Psychosocial Work-Related Predictors and Consequences of Personal Burnout among Staff Working with People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Kozak, Agnessa; Kersten, Maren; Schillmoller, Zita; Nienhaus, Albert – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The purposes of this study were to investigate the potential predictors of personal burnout among staff working with people with intellectual disabilities and to investigate whether personal burnout is associated with health and work-related outcomes. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2011 in 30 residential facilities in northern Germany…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation
Perceived Stress and Canadian Early Childcare Educators
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Wagner, Shannon L.; Forer, Barry; Cepeda, Ivan L.; Goelman, Hillel; Maggi, Stefania; D'Angiulli, Amedeo; Wessel, Julie; Hertzman, Clyde; Grunau, Ruth E. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2013
Background: Occupational stress for early childcare educators is an area of apparent understudy in the literature. The present study attempted to address this gap and provide some updated data regarding the experiences of this occupational group. Methods: Early childhood workers across a variety of early childhood education settings (N = 69)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Background, Coping, Job Satisfaction
Transforming Traditions: A Study of Researchers in Higher Education
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Smith, Maria Jane – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012
This article reports on research initiated by the trade union for lecturers and researchers in the UK, the University and College Union (UCU), which examined the pressures, concerns and positive aspects of being a member of research staff at one UK university. The findings are presented from the premise that university researchers are caught…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Researchers, Foreign Countries, Educational Research
The Well-Being of the UK Academy, 1998-2004
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Kinman, Gail; Jones, Fiona; Kinman, Russell – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
This paper compares the findings of two studies, conducted in 1998 and 2004, of academic staff in British universities. It examines the stability over time of working hours, specific work stressors and levels of psychological distress. Comparisons are also made between the levels of psychological distress currently reported by academic staff and…
Descriptors: Safety, Psychology, Surveys, Higher Education
Occupational Stress and Strain of Support Staff at a Higher Education Institution in the North West Province
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Mahomed, F. E.; Naude, J. L. P. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
The aim of this study was to determine the occupational stressors and strains for support staff at a higher education institution in the North West Province, and to assess the differences between the stressors and strains of different biographical groups. A cross-sectional survey design (N = 315) was used. The ASSET and a biographical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Personnel, Stress Variables, Work Environment