Using survey design within the quantitative approach, this study investigated the prevalence of and factors causing work stress among academic staff in public and private universities. The results show that a significant proportion of academic staff reported experiencing high stress, with respondents in public universities reporting being more stressed than their counterparts in private universities. Three factors have been identified as particularly associated with work stress among academic staff. These are lack of staff involvement in institutional reform processes, lack of necessary support systems related to their work and high workload levels.

factors, institutions, job satisfaction, productivity, universities, work stress