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Title: Estresse e docentes na área de ciências contábeis: consequências e estratégias

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Stress is an event that can negatively affect the quality of life and the well-being of individuals in their workplace. Although it can be related to positive changes, its recurrence in the work environment can cause suffering in the individual and promote several types of diseases. Higher education is not free from this interference, since it is based fundamentally on the social relations that depend on the physical and emotional situation of agents in the academic universe--in particular, the teacher. This context directly affects the quality of teaching and, consequently, the capacity of the professionals trained in this environment. For this reason, several papers have been careful to understand this phenomenon, seeking ways to mitigate the negative effects produced by stress in teachers. Thus, considering the repercussion that the stress causes in the academic environment, the present study sought evidence in order to allow it to identify and analyze the levels of demand, control, and support exerted on the self-reported stress of students enrolled in the courses of Accounting Sciences of higher education institutions in Brazil. To do so, a data survey involving 714 teachers located in different regions of the country was conducted. These data were obtained with the use of the following instruments: Teacher Stress Inventory, to determine the level of stress perceived by teachers; DC-S, to specify the levels of demand, control, and organizational support; MBI, to measure the presence of burnout; Brief COPE, to indicate the prevalence of coping strategies; and UWES, to provide teachers' engagement levels. It was found that, on average, respondents reported a stress index of 82 points, measured by Teacher Stress Inventory, which represented 63% of the instrument's maximum score. With the use of DC-S, a significant level of demand (74% of the instrument) was observed, indicating that respondents feel that the academic environment is permeated by a high level of requirements. Also, it was noted that there were high levels of control for those demands (82% of the instrument), as well as for organizational support (78% of the instrument). These results resonate with the finding that teachers evaluate themselves with significant levels of professional efficacy (78% of the instrument) and low levels of exhaustion (48% of the instrument), and depersonalization (37% of the instrument), measures obtained through MBI. Regarding coping strategies, Brief COPE indicated that respondents are more inclined to adopt problem-oriented ones. From the data reported, teachers in the sample registered reasonable levels of engagement (77% of the UWES maximum level) being the indicator dedication the one with the highest score (82% of the instrument). Also, by means of inferential analysis, it was identified that the perception of demand levels, exhaustion, and use of coping strategy of social and emotional support type contributes positively to the perception of stress. In this same sense, the fact that the respondent is female and the condition of teaching only in the morning also has a positive influence. In the opposite direction, it was verified that the levels of perception of control and support in the organizational environment, the use of behavioral disinvestment coping strategies, and the use of chemical substances (as defined in Brief COPE), as well as the variables family income, teaching in the afternoon/evening or morning/evening, have a profession other than that of a teacher, and, finally, level of satisfaction with the students contribute negatively to the perception of stress. These results allow us to say that academic demands influence self-reported stress, but that this effect can be moderated by the perception of control of these demands and also by the present support in the work environment.

Url: https://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12136/tde-13062017-155346/publico/OriginalEduardo.pdf

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Authors: Nascimento, Eduardo Mendes

Institution: Universidade de Sao Paulo

Department: Economia

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health

Countries: Portugal, United States