Evaluation and ranking of job stress antecedents among employees of government organizations in Semnan city

Background and Aim: Considering the negative effect of stress on work life, the present study investigates the effect of work nature, working time, organizational policy, organizational position, environmental factors, labor relations and personal factors on job stress among employees of government organizations in Semnan. . Methodology: The research method is descriptive-survey and correlational. The statistical population of the present study is the employees of government organizations in the city and the method of stratified random sampling. Using a standard questionnaire, the opinions of 391 employees were collected and structural equation modeling and LISREL software were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results show that the nature of work, working time, organizational policy, organizational position, environmental factors, labor relations and personal factors have a significant positive effect on job stress and among these factors, working time and labor relations have the highest and lowest effects, respectively. Have on job stress. Conclusion: Examining the factors affecting employees' job stress as behavioral patterns in the organization can prevent the occurrence of destructive behaviors that endanger the mental health of employees.