Cd. Spielberger et Ec. Reheiser, THE JOB STRESS SURVEY - MEASURING GENDER DIFFERENCES IN OCCUPATIONAL STRESS, Journal of social behavior and personality, 9(2), 1994, pp. 199-218
Stress in the workplace is a major problem, with extensive costs to in
dividuals, organizations and society. In order to modify the adverse e
ffects of occupational stress on employee productivity, absenteeism, h
ealth and well-being, more sensitive measures of specific stressor eve
nts are needed. Person-environment fit and transactional process theor
y guided the construction and development of a new measure, the Job St
ress Survey (JSS), which assesses the perceived severity of 30 job str
essor events and how often they occur in a variety of occupational set
tings. Research findings with the JSS show that overall stress levels
are similar for men and women, but numerous gender differences were fo
und in the perceived severity and frequency of occurrence of individua
l stressor events.