Stress levels of school administrators

This paper focuses on the stress levels of school administrators in Singapo re. In comparison with a British normative group of managers the Singapore sample reported significantly greater pressure at work and consequently, si gnificantly higher levels of mental and physical ill health. To explore the extent to which sources of pressure, coping skills, individual differences and background variables are predictive of job satisfaction, mental and ph ysical health in the Singapore sample, multiple regression analyses were ca rried out. Stepwise regression identified sources of pressure and locus of control as significant predictors of job satisfaction, mental and physical health. Age group and coping skills were also significant predictors of job satisfaction.