A study on university teachers’ job stress-from the aspect of job involvement

Abstract

This study aims to discuss the relations among university teachers’ job stress, job burnout, job involvement, and job satisfaction. Purposive sampling is applied to select university teachers in Fujian Province, China, as the research objects for the job stress, job burnout, job involvement, and job satisfaction scales. Total 500 copies of questionnaires are mailed in the survey period, and 391 valid copies are received. The questionnaire data are analyzed with Structural Equation Modeling to conclude the following findings. University teachers with larger job stress would appear higher job burnout and lower job satisfaction. Job involvement is a mediator between job stress and job satisfaction of university teachers that university teachers’ job satisfaction could be enhanced through job involvement. Furthermore, high job burnout would negatively affect university teachers’ job involvement, but not job satisfaction.