Effective Stress Management Strategies for Teaching Staff: An Educational Management Perspective

Abstract

Workplace stress is common situation in educational institutions. There are a number of reasons of teachers’ stress. Difficult workloads, poor educational environment, pressure of high organizations, poor work-life balance and low income casuse stress for teachers. The above-mentioned reasons effect teacher’s overall well-being, productivity and the quality of eduction. This study explores effective stress management strategies for educators. This work consists of introduction, literature review, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion and references’ list. This work was done by educational management perspective. The study explored academic articles about teachers’ stress, reasons of stress and conflict, organizational support, leadership and motivation. According to results, stress is not only personal problem of teachers, it might be caused by leadership styles, poor communication between employees and employer, workpalce culture and management decisions by directors and leaders. Supportive leadership styles, open communication, healthy work-life balance and teachers’ involvement in decision-making of organization can reduce stress at work. The study also analyses the structural issue of education system of Uzbekistan which can cause stress among teachers in educational institutions. This work examines five main area of managing stress: early identification of stress, workload management, supportive leadership, haelthy work-life balance, supportive environment for teachers and good communication.