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    A Study of occupational stress management of Administrators in higher education institutions (2021)


    Pradeep Kumar Saraswat
    JCR. 2021: 575-595

    Abstract

    This study looked into the levels of stress of middle level administrators in higher education institutions as basis for organizational policy innovation. Specifically, it dealt on the following questions: (1.) What level of stress do the middle level administrators hold , when dealing with stressful situations brought about by the conflict encountered at the workplace? (2.) How did the respondents manage their stress when confronted with occupational conflict? ( 3.) Is there a significant difference in the level of stress of middle level administrators when data are grouped according to sex, age, type of school, and type of respondents? The study employed a descriptive quantitative - qualitative research design. It utilized survey-questionnaire for the quantitative data and interview guide questions for the focus grouped discussions for the qualitative data. A recorder was used to back up the qualitative data. Thirty six ( 36 ) respondent middle level administrators from the three ( 3 ) private ( sectarian and non-sectarian ) tertiary schools and three ( 3 ) public State, Colleges and Universities served as respondents of the study. Frequency and Ranking, T-test, Analysis of Variance ( ANOVA ) were the statistical tools used. Findings revealed that as to the level of stress of the respondent administrators, it came out to be: DOING FINE/NO STRESS. Moreover,there was no significant difference in the levels of stress among the respondents when data were classified according to the following variables: sex, age, and type of respondents. However, there was a significant difference in the level of stress among the respondents,when data were grouped according to types of school

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    Volume 8 Issue-5

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