Job-Related Tension and Anxiety Taking a Toll Among Employees in Academe's 'Stress Factories.'.

McMillen, Liz

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Job-Related Tension and Anxiety Taking a Toll Among Employees in Academe's 'Stress Factories.'

McMillen, Liz

Chronicle of Higher Education, v33 n21 p1,10-12 Feb 4 1987

The myriad duties in academic life make it especially difficult to keep stress under control. Some of the reasons academic careers are so stressful include: competition, low pay and poor working conditions, tight resources, lessened mobility, growth in part-time positions, and high self-expectations. (MLW)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Burnout, College Faculty, Counseling Services, Faculty Mobility, Higher Education, Life Satisfaction, Part Time Faculty, Quality of Working Life, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Tenure, Women Faculty, Work Environment

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