Managing Occupational Stress in Human Service Nonprofit Organizations in Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Articles
Lineta Ramonienė
ISM University of Management and Economics
Olena Gorbatenko
LCC International University
Published 2013-12-31
https://doi.org/10.15388/omee.2013.4.2.14250
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Keywords

occupational stress
stressors
nonprofit organizations
human service organizations
Ukraine

How to Cite

Ramonienė, L. and Gorbatenko, O. (2013) “Managing Occupational Stress in Human Service Nonprofit Organizations in Mykolaiv, Ukraine”, Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, 4(2), pp. 64–96. doi:10.15388/omee.2013.4.2.14250.

Abstract

The present research responds to the lack of research on occupational stress in human service nonprofit organizations in Ukraine. The study identified the main stressors in human service nonprofits in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Then the relationship between occupational stress and the fourteen specific stressors was tested in 11 human service nonprofit organizations in Mykolaiv. The empirical study revealed a positive relationship between occupational stress and eleven stressors. The strongest relationships were observed between job demands that fall short of employees’ skills, and job demands that exceed employees’ time to meet them. Two other stressors – low salary and clients’ trauma – were revealed to be the strongest determinants of stress, accounting for over half of its variation. The study also discovered that employees who work with different client groups experience varying stress levels, and those who work with several groups, as opposed to one, experience more stress. As the first study in human service nonprofit organizations in Mykolaiv and entire Ukraine, the present research lays the groundwork for subsequent research.
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