Investigation of Employees’ Sources of Stress According to Demographic Variables by Controlling Type A Personality Scores

Abstract

This study aimed to examine stress sources of officials and supervisors in the Ministry of Education’s central administration in terms of gender, age, marital status, job position, length of service by controlling Type A Personality scores. The Stress Source Scale and The Type A Personality Scale tests were administered to 102 employees of the Ministry of Education’s central administration. The data was analyzed by covariance analysis. Their scores for stress sources related to social factors, work and self-interpretation indicate they are inclined to develop illness, and their scores for stress sources related to physical environment indicate that the employees are exposed to stress sources to such an extent that they are likely to develop illnesses. It was observed that the employees between the ages of 41-50 tend to have more stress sources related to social factors, work and physical environment than employees between the ages of 20-30. Similarly, men tend to have more stress sources related to work and physical environment than women. Married individuals have more stress sources related to work and physical environment than singles. Supervisors have more stress sources related to work than officials. Employees who have been working for 6-15 years have more stress sources related to physical environment than employees who have been working for 1-5 years.