To explore job stress among the 115 male managers in physical education from Fars province in Iran, participants completed the Job Stress Survey by Spielberger and Vagg. Analysis indicated that these managers experienced high frequency and severity of job stress, especially for an inadequate salary. Lack of organizational support contributed more to the variability of job stress among participants than job pressure.
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