Abstract

 
 
 This is a conceptual paper to study the effects of organizational stressors that may impede the psychological, physiological and behavioral-interpersonal wellbeing of an organizational member. The study reviews literatures on what effects will general stress alter and degrade the psychological, physiological and behavioral-interpersonal wellbeing of an individual exposed to stressors. The final part of this study’s analysis is what constitutes as organizational stressors among studies that focuses specifically on higher education deans. The factors outlined in the paper were analyzed using the theoretical framework of Managerial Stress Cycle (Gmelch, 1991) and Administrative Stress Index (Gmelch, 1982). A conceptual integrative model was developed in regard to these two frameworks. Both these models are appropriate for this inquiry because, it allows the reader to understand what are the effects of organizational stressors towards psychological and physiological health and its consequences. A number of databases such as ebcohost, springer link, science direct, Jstor and emerald were used to acquire literature on the topics. Conclusions from the literature states that health ailments stemming from stressors are evident and may function as a catalyst towards more dangerous diseases. Higher education dean’s experiences with organizational stressors also seem to be evolving, incorporating new contemporary issues not seen in the past.
 
 
Highlights
Universities were traditionally considered to be low-stress work environments but more recent research indicates administrators experience high levels of occupational stress (Biron, Brun, & Ivers, 2008; Karsli & Baloglu, 2006; Lazaridou, Athanasoula-Reppa, & Fris, 2008; Rasch et al, 1986, in Olson, 2012)
The current findings led this study to draw conclusions about what factors constitutes as organizational stressors for deans residing in western countries
There are two gaps that this conceptual paper uncovered, that is firstly, organizational stressors reported by deans are highly concentrated on western countries
Summary
Universities were traditionally considered to be low-stress work environments but more recent research indicates administrators experience high levels of occupational stress (Biron, Brun, & Ivers, 2008; Karsli & Baloglu, 2006; Lazaridou, Athanasoula-Reppa, & Fris, 2008; Rasch et al, 1986, in Olson, 2012). This conceptual paper integrates the Managerial Stress Cycle (Gmelch, 1991) and Administrative Stress Index (Gmelch, 1982), which gives a broader theoretical framework of contemporary higher education dean’s organizational stressors and the consequences of such stressors This theoretical framework states that certain stressor unique to the field of higher education can cause deans to suffer health ailments as the consequences. This paper believes that the key to understanding and empirically testing these components is to create a conceptual model on integrating stressors specific to higher education deans to the overall administrative stress cycle. Further research in this area may assess on whether these components holds true in the contemporary arena of organizational stressors among higher education deans. Wild, Ebbers, Shelly, & Gmelch (2003) continued the progression of research into stress on university level deans, and through their research, it was confirmed that deans are experiencing stress from unexpected issues of accountability, scarce resources, and increased challenges with relationships between faculty and administration
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