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

Abstract

Bangladesh. A survey was conducted among 150 academic staff of private universities across Dhaka and Chittagong City in Bangladesh concerning job stress and satisfaction trends and their likely relationship. 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 substantial impact on job stress. More specifically, pay, growth stressors, and work-related stressors were found to influence job stress negatively and significantly 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.