The study of newspaper editors’ job stress:An example of five newspaper office in Taipei

碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 傳播管理研究所 === 88 === Because of the newspapers’ external and internal environmental changes, newspaper exployees’ job stress has become one of the new study fields. Most emperical researches were concerned with journalists and AEs, no research so far has touched the editors’ job stress...

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Main Authors: Shih Yung-Lin, 施詠齡
Other Authors: 倪炎元
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2000
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45243390943754534956
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Summary:碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 傳播管理研究所 === 88 === Because of the newspapers’ external and internal environmental changes, newspaper exployees’ job stress has become one of the new study fields. Most emperical researches were concerned with journalists and AEs, no research so far has touched the editors’ job stress. The purpose of the study is to examine how strong the newspaper editors feel about job stress, and what factors are relating to their stress, if any, including personal and organizational. By using the questionnaires developed after reviewing the literature, a total of 23 questionnaires developed, in which the Likert-type five-point scale was adopted to measure the sujects’ perception about job stress. These questionnaires were then distributed to the 227 newspaper editors. They currently working at five newspapers which offices in Taipei. 177 were returned with a successful rate of 78%. Six statistical methods be used. Descriptive analysis are used to analyze what are the ediror’s main pressures. ANOVA, t-test, Scheffe test, and Multi-factor ANOVA are used to analyze whether the pressures are caused by different sources significantly. Peason product-moment correlation analysis are used examine their relationship. Depth interviews help the researchers to understand fully the editors’ stress. The study finds the editors’ stresses come from 1.“job orientation”, 2.“job-career development orientation”, and 3. “relationships at job orientation”. This study found that “job orientation”, “job-career development orientation”, “relationships at job orientation” has high ,and positive correlation with job stress. Being one of the stressors, “sex” has obvious significance on “relationships at job orientation”, and “organization form” has obvious significance on “job-career development orientation”. The result can be used for reference to newspaper managers and later researchers.