THE RELATIONSHIP OF HARDINESS, EXERCISE ACTIVITY, ORGANIZATIONAL VARIABLES, AND WORK-RELATED STRESS IN NURSE EDUCATORS IN PUBLIC COMPREHENSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.
Contributors: University of Minnesota.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine possible relationships between reported work-related stress, organizational variables, hardiness of personality, and exercise activity of nurse educators in public comprehensive institutions. These variables were measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Form Ed, the Kobasa Hardiness Scale, and the Blair Exercise Activity Index, and a demographic questionnaire. Deans/directors reported on organizational variables for respective schools of nursing. The random sample was comprised of 287 female, second-year, full-time nurse educators, from 18 public comprehensive higher education institutions across the United States.

The results demonstrated that work-related stress could be predicted by the individual variables of hardiness of personality of nurse educators, age, exercise activity level, level of education, and years in nursing education; and by the contextual/organizational variables of number of student contact hours per week required of part-time faculty, by complexity of faculty task, the status of the economic environment of the school of nursing, the number of full-time and part-time faculty equivalent positions, and the percent of faculty tenured. In addition, it was noted that the self-reported personal accomplishment component of work-related stress was significantly affected when nurse educators were married and had dependents at home.

The Person-Environment Fit Model was supported in this study. This emphasizes the importance of good fit between factors in the individual and the work environment to minimize work stress and contribute to the individual's growth and self-esteem (Caplan et al., 1976; Getzels, 1982).
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-06, Section: A, page: 1386.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 1987.

School code: 0130.