Title :
Numerical Analysis and Comparison on Stress between Male and Female Academic Faculty in Chinese Universities
Author :
Liu, Yue ; Zhu, Bo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Public Adm., Nanjing Coll. for Population Programme Manage., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
The primary objective is to verify the sex gap between male and female facultypsilas stress by numerical analysis. We used self-made questionnaire on source of stress to collect data. By descriptive statistics, chi-square test and numerical analysis, the results indicate that both male and female faculty are experiencing stress slightly strong and female faculty experience less stress than their male counterparts, but male faculty report higher shares strong and slightly strong ability to cope with the stress than female faculty.
Keywords :
educational institutions; gender issues; numerical analysis; occupational stress; personnel; statistical testing; Chinese university; chi-square test; descriptive statistics; female academic faculty; male faculty; numerical analysis; sex gap; stress; Conference management; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Human factors; Numerical analysis; Occupational stress; Risk management; Statistical analysis; Strain measurement; Testing; academic faculty; numerical analysis; sex gap; stress;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Computing Science, 2009. ICIC '09. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3634-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIC.2009.409