Modelling occupational stress and employee health and wellbeing in a Chinese higher education institution

Extensive change is evident in higher education in the People's Republic of China but there have been few studies of the effect of work stress on wellbeing in the higher education sector. The main aim of this study is to test and refine the ASSET ('An Organizational Stress Screening Tool&#...

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Published in:Higher education quarterly 2013, Vol.67 (1), p.15-39
Main Authors: Sang, Xiaoli, Teo, Stephen T. T, Bohle, Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assets
Ausland
China
China (People's Republic)
College Faculty
Colleges and universities
Discontent
Education
Employees
Foreign Countries
Forschung
Health
Higher Education
Hochschule
Hochschullehrer
Job Satisfaction
Least Squares Statistics
Lehre
Management
Measures (Individuals)
Mental Health
Occupational health
Occupational psychology
Occupational Stress
Peoples Republic of China
Perception
Physical Health
Psychology
Stress
Stress Variables
Student
Studium
Well Being
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Summary:Extensive change is evident in higher education in the People's Republic of China but there have been few studies of the effect of work stress on wellbeing in the higher education sector. The main aim of this study is to test and refine the ASSET ('An Organizational Stress Screening Tool') model of occupational stress in a sample of 150 academic and non-academic employees in a Chinese higher education institute. Using partial least squares modelling, the findings showed that job stressors predicted job dissatisfaction but, surprisingly, did not predict perceived commitment. Employees who reported job dissatisfaction tended to perceive that their organisation was less committed towards them and report less commitment towards the organisation. Job stressors resulted in poorer psychological wellbeing. Greater psychological wellbeing was associated with greater physical wellbeing. The findings suggest that university management should introduce strategies aimed at minimising job stressors as these would result in higher level of job satisfaction, higher level of commitment and ultimately resulted in an improvement in physical health. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
ISSN:0951-5224
0263-9769
1468-2273
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2273.2012.00529.x