Determining the Order of Importance of Stress Factors Caused by School Administration

From the perspective of teachers, this study aims to identify the issues that cause stress in teachers by evaluating the potential stress factors that may arise from the school administration, from most to least stressful, and recommending that school administrators take action to alleviate stress. Since stress factors were ranked in order of importance, the data were analyzed with the median. The data analysis was also carried out with non-parametric tests due to the sequential nature of the scale, and descriptive analysis was performed. Maximum variation sampling was used to determine the study group. 227 teachers working in the first semester of the 2021-2022 academic year in different provinces in the research. The study used a scale including ten stress factors, in which teachers were expected to rank the stress factors originating from school administration according to their importance. According to the findings, the most stressful situations caused by the school administration are unjust attitudes, interfering teachers, and the excessive workload assigned by the administration. In contrast, the least stressful situations are the administration's lack of encouragement, the frequent changes in the practices of the school administration.