Karasek-based Assessment of Psycho Organizational  Constraints among Employees of the Faculty of Sciences in  Kenitra, Morocco

Authors

Amal ELAlami 1 , Abderrazzak Khadmaoui 2 , Abdelmajid Soulaymani3 , Mohammed Ibriz4

Faculty of Science; Kenitra; Karazek Questionnaire, Prevalence; Risk Factor; Stress.

Background: Certain trades, by their functions, are more likely to be affected by psychological problems

such as psychological distress, stress. Employees in academic institutions are not immune to this behavior.

Objective: The object of our study consists in providing a Karazek-based study of the state of stress of the

employees of the faculty of sciences of kénitra as well as determining the factors of stress at work.

Methodology: The tests used to evaluate this psychic and organizational behavior, are the Job strain model”

Karazek 1979. The survey covers 70 permanent employees, 61.3% of whom are men and 38.7% are women.

Results: The results obtained show that 33.33% of the employees are under job strain or “work tension (low

LD and strong PD) while 7.14% of the subjects are relaxed (weak PD and strong LD). However, 30.43% of

respondents are passive (they both have low PD and low LD) while 29.09% of subjects are active (high PD

and high LD). The factors of age, sex and seniority in the position have been found to be very associated

with job strain. In fact, stress at work increases with advancing age, gender (more female than male) and

seniority.

Conclusion: decision-makers in the sector must engage in approaches to fight stress, while putting in

programs, activities to appease the general work environment.