JOB STRESSORS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ASSOCIATES
JOB STRESSORS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ASSOCIATES

Summary/Abstract: Due to a considerable strain in their personal and professional development, individuals have to deal with stress on a daily basis. The distinction between private and work life is becoming increasingly blurred and there are discrepancies between the requirements of the job, the abilities and knowledge of employees on the one hand, and the roles played by them in their lives on the other hand, which leads to poorer performance, creativity and competitiveness. Higher education teachers and associates also deal with stress directly and indirectly in their educational work, basic research and professional work as well as in other tasks included in the wider field of work in terms of content. The paper presents the opinions of fully employed higher education teachers and associates about the stress factors they face in their workplace, which they experience differently due to their personality traits, experience, their inner energy and motivation as well as due to the impact of the narrower and wider environment. It has been established that stress is closely associated with the following: the requirements concerning the advancement to the same or higher title, low public esteem of educational work, administrative work, poorly paid job and poorly motivated students. The least stress is caused by the following: tutoring, contact hours, providing for safety and healthy work of students and participating in the preparation of students for professional practice and consultation.

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