Student stress and quality of education

Abstract

Today, managers are increasingly interested in knowing how the work in organizations aftects employees' health. Less common is the interest in stress erupting in the academic community - among students, faculty and administrators. The authors present a reflection paper focused on student stress. In this paper, they first examine McLean 's model of context, vulnerability and stressors. This model provides the framework for the student surveys and for the entire paper. Based on the students surveys, an assessment is made of how asma" group of students are coping with stress. The paper fina"y suggests what can be done by students, faculty, and administrators to insta" and/or improve social support systems that might reduce the harmful eftects of stress on students and thus impact the quality of education.Os autores apresentam um artigo exploratório sobre o stress do estudante. Após examinar a relação entre trabalho e stress, o artigo passa a analisar o modelo de McLeansobre contexto, vulnerabilidade e fatores que causam o stress. Esse modelo serve de quadro de referência para a pesquisa elaborada, tendo em vista avaliar como um grupo de estudantes de administração enfrenta o stress cotidiano. O artigo também sugere medidas para reduzir os efeitos prejudiciais do stress no estudante e na qualidade de ensino.