Abstract

Educational systems throughout the world have been impacted by neoliberal ideology and practices transforming higher-education institutions. As a result, changes relating to the academic environment have become more complex. The well-being of academic staff is deteriorating as a result of overwhelming busy work or continual redirection culminating in high levels of stress in academic settings. Given that the perceptions of organizational politics have been shown a significant relevance to employees’ attitudes in public and private sectors, the study aims to examine whether perceptions of organizational politics predict stress levels among faculty members in an academic environment. Moreover, the study examines the importance of personal values underlying the inclination toward stress in academic staff members. The study focuses on the extent to which personal values (self-enhancement and openness to change) moderate the relationships between the perception of organizational politics and stress level. The sample includes 376 academic staff from higher-education institutions. The study highlights the importance of personal values by showing that the extent of politics’ negative consequences on stress levels depends on the employee’s personal values. Findings suggested that a staff member’s values seem to be significant in modifying the way in which he/she experiences the academic environment.

摘要

世界各地的教育系统都受到了改变高等教育机构的新自由主义意识形态和实践的影响。因此，与学术环境有关的变化变得更加复杂。由于压倒性的繁忙工作或持续的重新定向最终导致学术环境中的高度压力，学术人员的福祉正在恶化。鉴于组织政治的认知已被证明与公共和私营部门员工的态度有显着相关性，该研究旨在检验组织政治的认知是否能预测学术环境中教职员工的压力水平。此外，该研究还考察了个人价值观对学术人员压力倾向的重要性。该研究侧重于个人价值观（自我提升和变革的开放性）在多大程度上调节组织政治感知与压力水平之间的关系。样本包括来自高等教育机构的 376 名学术人员。该研究表明，政治对压力水平的负面影响程度取决于员工的个人价值观，从而突出了个人价值观的重要性。调查结果表明，工作人员的价值观似乎对改变他/她体验学术环境的方式很重要。该研究表明，政治对压力水平的负面影响程度取决于员工的个人价值观，从而突出了个人价值观的重要性。调查结果表明，工作人员的价值观似乎对改变他/她体验学术环境的方式很重要。该研究表明，政治对压力水平的负面影响程度取决于员工的个人价值观，从而突出了个人价值观的重要性。调查结果表明，工作人员的价值观似乎对改变他/她体验学术环境的方式很重要。