Job Stress and Satisfaction among Academic Staffs in Private Universities: An Empirical Study in Bangladesh

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to measure the role of job stress among the academic staff of the private universities in Bangladesh. A survey was conducted among 150 academic staff of private universities across Dhaka and Chittagong cities in Bangladesh concerning the trends of job stress and satisfaction and the likely relationship between them. Primary data analysis revealed that private universities showed different directions for varying forms of job stress. Moreover, five types of stressors were found to be significant for the academic staff in universities in Bangladesh, which, when tested on their job stress, revealed a significant impact on job stress. More specifically, pay, growth stressors, and work-related stressors were found to negatively and significantly influence job stress for the academic staff. Future research on time series analysis can be conducted to understand the stress trends in different situations over time for academic staff.