ABSTRACT
Although the concept of job stress is widely recognised as an important work-and health-related criterion, determining its contributory antecedents and precise outcomes will present a challenge to those with a low tolerance for ambiguity. In conventional interactional models, stress is conjectured as a lack of fit between the environment and a person. Pressure Management Indicator (PMI), provides a global measure as well as differentiated profiles of occupational stress. The outcome measures include work satisfaction, organisational security, organisational satisfaction, and commitment, as well as physical well-being and psychological health. A group of 284 managerial level staff were recruited from diverse organisations in the public and private sectors throughout Germany, in accordance with a protocol approved by the Institutional Committee on Human Experimentation. Gender differences will be expected in terms of occupational stress and psychological and physical health. More specifically, female managers will exhibit higher job stress scores than male managers, and presumably inferior health.
