Stressors Among the Staff and its Role on Their Performance in Golestan University

The main aim of this study is to survey the stressors among the staff and its role on their performance in Golestan University. The research methodology of this study is descriptive-survey. The research population includes all of the staff of Golestan University which consists of 333 individuals. The research measuring tools are researcher’s questionnaire made of 51 closed-answer questions (items) and an open question in Likert rating scale with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.89. For data analyzing of the research data in two levels of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, frequency, mean, percent, deviation, standard, variance, one sample t-test were used. Research findings showed that stressors resulted from poor working facilities in level p > 0.01 has more effect on the staff performance than the medium level, and also in level p > 0.05 the stressors resulted from work overload have more effect on the staff performance than the medium level, and ultimately in level p > 0.01 the stressors resulted from poor organizational structure and stressors resulted from external factors have more effect on the staff performance than the medium level.