TIME MANAGEMENT AS A STRESSOR FOR HELPING PROFESSIONALS - IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT

This study summarizes and compares the findings of 5 studies completed between 1984 and 1994 that dealt with the factors that cause stress f or 4 groups of helping professionals: regular classroom teachers, spec ial education teachers, nurses in a tertiary care hospital, and social workers in child welfare. Time and its effective management proved to be the most significant stressor category for all groups. Possible ex planations for the persistence of time management concerns in these he lping professions, and possible implications for employment counselors , both as helpers and information providers to those who seek to enter such professions, are proposed.