Abstract

This study was intended to develope the job stressor scale for local public servants. Fifty six local public servants were asked to describe job stressors they have experienced on the job using an open-end question. Based on these responses 70 items to measure job stressors were developed. A questionnaire including 70 job stressor items was distributed to 187 local public servants. Results of exploratory factor analyses of the job stressor scale showed that the eight factor structure was meaningful. These eight factors were discrimination against women, promotion problem, lack of task consistency, economic problem, civil service problem, conflict with superiors, conflict with coworkers, and lack of task promotion. The number of items of the job stressor scale reduced to 31 items. This final job stressor scale was distributed to 334 local public servants to confirm the factor structure of the eight factor model and investigate the relations of the job stressor factors with job attitude and mental health. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the eight factor model fit the data well. Generally, the eight job stressor factors were not significantly related to job attitude. But these factors were more highly related to mental health. Especially discrimination against women was significantly correlated with all mental health variables. Finally, implications of the results and limitations were discussed.