Organizational stressors among deans of public universities in Sabah

Chan, Alfred Huan Zhi (2017) Organizational stressors among deans of public universities in Sabah. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

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Abstract

The phenomenon of stress is present in all areas of human life. One stress area that continued to receive attention is in the field of industry and organizations. Well into post-millennia, organizational stress has been found to increase as compared to recent decades. The prevalence of this phenomenon had resulted in numerous reported physiological and mental health issues around the world. The field of higher education is not spared and is also now facing more stress, directly affecting the crucial personnel position of deans. Hence, given how deans are at the heart of education organizations, this study will investigate comprehensively on the organizational stressors affecting deans in a Malaysian public university. Using a multiple cases study methodology, this current study will investigate comprehensively on the phenomenon of organizational stressors affecting deans in a Malaysian public university. The interview techniques of Patton, were employed and data were systematically analyzed using Atlas.ti ver 7.5.7. Through Thematic Analysis, this study yielded 55 independent subthemes of organizational stressors uniquely experienced by higher education deans. These subthemes were further clustered to form 10 non-overlapping main themes of organizational stressors affecting the investigated deans. Co-occurrences and co-efficient values were identified for subtheme components in seven main themes. Future research may use this discovered deans organizational stressors for further reduction, elimination, and prevention studies.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Keyword:	Stress, Human life, Organizational stress
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education > LB2801-3095 School administration and organization > LB2832-2844.1 Teaching personnel
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Psychology and Education
Depositing User:	DG MASNIAH AHMAD -
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2024 16:00
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2024 16:00
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38170

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