The objective was to explore how much 22 secretarial personnel (M age = 36.0 yr., SD = 4.8 yr.) at the University of Transkei, 14 of whom were unmarried, experienced stress in their work. Scores on a 20-item questionnaire indicated no occupational stress.
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