Occupational stressors for engineers

General organizational sources (macro) as well as job related sources (micro) of stress are considered. For all engineers at different job levels, the macro source contributed more to their stress than the micro sources. Problems with the organizational reward system and time pressure were found to be the top sources of stress. Moreover, the lack of opportunities for development and for the use of abilities to the fullest came next on the list of stressors. The results also shown that the first level supervisors perceived the highest stress level while the third level supervisors expressed the lowest stress level. The implications of these results are discussed.