Page No 367-373
Kassim Kimo Kebelo and T.V.Ananda Rao
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
The main objective of the present study was to explore the extent at which role
stressors predict psychological strain of academic officers in Ethiopian higher
education institutions. A total of 369 academic officers were randomly selected
from Ethiopian higher education institutions for this study. The data was collected
from subjects using Occupational Stress Inventory- Revised Edition. The analysis
was also carried out using appropriate statistical techniques. The findings of
the study indicated that over 37 percent of variations in psychological strains
were accounted for by combined effects of role stressors. It was also found that
role boundary, role overload, role insufficiency and role ambiguity were significant
determinates of psychological strains. Finally, implications of findings of the
study were also suggested.