The Future of Education

   Numerous studies have investigated differences in the perception of occupational stressors in teachers based on biological gender. To date, very few studies have been conducted that have investigated the perception of occupational stressors according to their 3 dimensions (frequency, level, and evolution over time) in relation to personality traits. In order to evaluate gender differences on the perception of some stressors in pre-university schools, two hundred and two (N=203) employees from two secondary and a high school were evaluated using The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 - Brief Form for adults and six occupational stressors questionnaire each having three dimensions (frequency, level and evolution over time) as follows: difficult communication or conflicts with other employees, difficult communication with superiors, low level of salary, increased workloads, violence by some workers, discrimination. In all three schools the level of the Increased workload stressor is higher in women compared to men (p1=0.046; p2=0.046; p3=0.042). The following dimensions are higher in female than male workers only in two schools as follows: level of perceived violence by some workers (p1<0.001; p3=0.024), level of difficult communication with other employees (p1=0.002; p2=0.042 ) and the low level of salary (p2<0.001; p3=0.015). Only in one school where the directors are female, the following dimensions in stressors are higher in males than females: evolution over time of discrimination employees (p<0.001) and evolution over time of difficult communication with superiors (p<0.001). Some perceptions of discrimination in one school by men from women can be linked to possible preconceptions or communication problems with female superiors. There are numerous associations between stressor dimensions, personality traits, socio-demographic characteristics, and school unit. In general, women have a higher perception of stressors at work compared to men, the most consistent being that of the stressor level represented by Increased workloads which seems to be higher in female than in male workers..