Work related stress level of staff in education and health sectors

Stress as a factor which influences individual and organization is an important subject of organizational life. A profession having intense human relations is more stressful. The aim of this study is to research the work stress level of workers of education and health fields in which human relations are intense. The sample of the study is 175 primary school teachers and 227 health staff that were working in the province of Ağrı in 2008. To gather the data “The Scale of Work Stress” is used. Frequency, percentage, mean, t test and variance analyze are used in statistical analyses. As a result of the study it is found out that the work stress level is very serious for workers. The work stress level of health staff is higher than teachers and that of female is higher than male. It is suggested that individuals should develop themselves about stress, its signs and sources, and coping with it to be happy and successful meanwhile organizations should take care of stress and hold necessary activities to decrease its negative effects.