Professional and Gender Differences in Job Stress: A Comparison of Economics, Finance, and Accounting Professionals.

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-29 DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002932

Talgat Kutebayev, Arman Rakhimov, Zhanna Utaliyeva

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in the level and sources of job stress among key business professionals such as economists, financiers, and accountants as well as among genders.

Methods: This cross-sectional study used the Job Stress Survey to collect data on job stress among 702 Kazakhstani business professionals who worked in both public and private organizations.

Results: Analysis revealed that the degree of severity and frequency of stress was not high for all business professionals. Results showed that financiers experienced higher stress than economists due to limited opportunity for advancement and disagreeable duties. The study also found that men economists and financiers were stressed from conflicts with other departments more than women of these professions.

Conclusions: Our findings provide insights for organizations about the potential ways of preventing and mitigating job stress.

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工作压力中的职业和性别差异：经济学、金融学和会计专业人士的比较。

目的：本研究的目的是调查经济学家、金融家和会计师等关键商业专业人士的工作压力水平和来源以及性别之间的差异。方法：这项横断面研究使用工作压力调查收集了702名在公共和私营组织工作的哈萨克斯坦商业专业人员的工作压力数据。结果：分析显示，并非所有商业专业人士的压力严重程度和频率都很高。研究结果表明，由于晋升机会有限和不愉快的职责，金融家比经济学家承受更大的压力。研究还发现，男性经济学家和金融家在与其他部门的冲突中比女性更容易受到压力。结论：我们的研究结果为组织提供了关于预防和减轻工作压力的潜在方法的见解。

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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

9.40%

发文量

402

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is an indispensable guide to good health in the workplace for physicians, nurses, and researchers alike. In-depth, clinically oriented research articles and technical reports keep occupational and environmental medicine specialists up-to-date on new medical developments in the prevention, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of environmentally induced conditions and work-related injuries and illnesses.