Gender differences in work stress, related to organizational conflicts and organizational constrains: An empirical research

Amalia Stafyla, Georgia Kaltsidou and Nikolaos Spyridis
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Amalia Stafyla: Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece, Department of Logistics
Georgia Kaltsidou: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Department of Psychology
Nikolaos Spyridis: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Department of Psychology

International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research (IJBESAR), 2013, vol. 6, issue 1, 91-101

Abstract: In modern era, stress at workplace is a component of employees' and organizations' daily routine. The current research intends to study the gender differences as far as the ways that stress is witnessed in the workplace is concerned. Participants in this study were 231 Greek adults, employed at various workplaces. During their working hours they were asked to fill in a questionnaire which contained two different measurement scales. The main hypothesis was that men would show interpersonal conflicts at workplace to a larger extent; also that both men and women would not be so different on stress that stems from organizational constraints. The research findings did not confirm all the research hypotheses, because men were found to express their stress at a larger extent through interpersonal conflicts with their colleagues as a result of organizational constraints. The research data on the different stress manifestations at workplace are in accord with the relevant bibliography. Finally, this study contributes to the empirical support of the existence of gender differences in stress manifestations at workplace, even though the questionnaire that was used was no validated in Greece.

Keywords: stress; work; gender; research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 J28 J81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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