Occupational stress among teacher educators in relation to their organizational commitment

Experience of occupational stress is inevitably involved in the execution of any type of work. Stress has an adaptive value. It motivates the individual to attend to the task and get rid of the tension or demand the unattended task produced. “Workplace stress” is the harmful physical and emotional responses that can happen when there is a conflict between job demands on the employee and the amount of control an employee has over meeting these demands. In general, the combination of high demands in a job and a low amount of control over the situation can lead to stress. Stress in the workplace can have many origins or come from one single event. This study revealed the relationship between the occupational stress and organizational commitment of teacher educators. Result showed that their exist significant relationship between the occupational stress and organizational commitment of teacher educators. Study further showed significant difference between the male and female's occupational stress.