Estresse ocupacional em docentes universitários: um estudo comparativo entre profissionais com e sem chefia no CCSA - UFPB

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify and understand the conditions that lead to occupational stress and the different forms that it manifests in teachers with and without managerial position in the UFPB. In order to do this, it was approached in the theoretical framework what is the stress, what are its sources, symptoms and defensive strategies, to start from this, to discuss the working conditions in which the teachers are inserted, and how occupational stress can be present in his routine and in those who are in intermediate leadership. After the data collection in the literature, the methodological procedures had an exploratory approach, through a quantitative-qualitative face-to-face questionnaire applied with teachers and middle managers of the CCSA. In total, the sample had 64 teachers and 20 middle managers. All were tabulated and submitted to various content analyzes, involving sources, symptoms and defensive strategies for stress. The results indicated that the main sources are overwork, relationship with the students and precarious infrastructure; of symptoms, traces of anxiety and physical and mental exhaustion; and in defensive strategies, health care and leisure activities.