Occupational stressors for engineers

This study explores the sources of occupational stress for engineers. General organizational sources (macro) as well as job related sources (micro) were considered. For all engineers at different job levels, the macro sources contributed more to their stress than the micro sources. Problems with the organizational reward system and time pressure were found to be the top two sources of stress. Moreover, the lack of opportunities for development and for the use of abilities to the fullest came next on the list of stressors. The results also showed that the first level supervisors perceived the highest stress level while the third level supervisors expressed the lowest stress level. The implications of these results were discussed.