Research On Occupational Stress Of University Faculties Based On System Simulation

The study on occupational stress of university faculties in China and its countermeasures from the perspective of system simulation, is a significant multi-interdisciplinary research subject. It is intersected by many disciplines such as system simulation, complex system, organizational behavior, spreading dynamics, education, medical, psychology, sociology and so on. Research on job stress has entered practical application phase from basic theory in western countries. Concerning the approach, measurements on work stress are taken at first (e.g. questionnaire survey), next the data analyzed, then according to the analysis conclusion corresponding stress management implemented so that the organization can give the positive feedback to occupational stress control. The paper regards occupational stress of university faculties as the research object. First, we study the simulation for job stress diffusion in the organization. On this basis, we study the simulation for the effect of occupational stress on individuals and on the organization respectively. Based on the simulation results and analysis, combining with the present situation of teachers occupational stress (TOS) in Chinese university, we propose the corresponding stress management strategies.The paper studies modeling and simulation for job stress of university faculties, focusing on work stress diffusion, the effect of occupational stress on teachers and on universities. Combining with the basic theory of job stress, empirical research and simulation results and analysis, we put forward stress management strategies. The related theories on occupational stress, stress management, qualitative simulation, spreading dynamics on complex networks, agent-based simulation and cellular automata, combining with theory and empirical, statistic and simulation, qualitative and quantitative approaches, provide decision support for stress management.Occupational stress diffusion model (OSD model) of university faculties is proposed. The method of agent-based simulation is used, the theory of spreading dynamics on complex networks is applied, and occupational stress diffusion is simulated on the platform of the simulation software AnyLogic. The results and analysis show that, stress management intensity should abide by measurable principle, and the threshold value exists in organizational work control. The organization structure of small world networks will help maintain organizational stability and active work attitude of individuals. In addition, the organization of low stress has stronger robustness than that of high stress when occupational stress of the organization reached a balance.OEQS model (Oscillation-Equilibrium Qualitative Simulation model) is developed. The paper integrates the approach of CR (Causality Reasoning), the algorithm of QSIM (Qualitative SIMulation) and algorithm of BP (Back Propagation) neural network. Research on the simulation for the effect of occupational stress on teachers group behavior is made by using the theory of organizational behavior, developing the interface and displaying graphically the simulation results via software VB 6.0, and under driving of the engine of qualitative simulation,. OEQS model is confirmed and applied, which is proved as an assistant decision-making tool. Stressors, especially the actions of university reform will break the balance. Job stress will affect teacher's behavior. As a result, teachers' working attitude and behavior will appear oscillation and finally achieve a new equilibrium under the interaction between economic nature and social nature of teachers. As one of the input parameters, universities stress management will affect the position of new equilibrium. The results of simulation and analysis indicate that universities should increase teachers'material benefits as soon as possible because economic means is superior to non-economic in stress management.Based on the simulation method of cellular automata, the paper studies the effect of universities occupational stress on job performance. The simulation system is developed by software VB 6.0, and then multiple experiment plans are designed. Results and analysis demonstrate that the enhancement of universities job performance will be not obvious when the origin of stress management cannot occur in low-stress state. Then universities job performance will be greatly improved, once original balance is broken and occupational stress could spread from the origin to the whole teachers group. However, with mutual understanding among teachers this effect will decrease. Next, the effect of universities job stress management with multiple batches and small range is superior to that with the big increase at one time. Finally, the effect of stress management can be related to life cycle of university development. Job performance will change from an obvious increase to decay gradually with the decline of universities.The paper summarizes the theory on university faculties occupational stress, develops a new occupational stress model based on previous occupational stress models. After that, taking an empirical research of Huangshi Institute of Technology as an example, combining with simulation analysis and the present situation of university faculties occupational stress in China, the paper offers stress management mode, and explores the corresponding stress management strategies from three aspects of organization, individual and society respectively.