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This dissertation, "Teacher Stress Encountered by Hong Kong Secondary and Primary School Teachers: Similarity and Disparity" by Yee-mei, Loretta, Lam, 林綺薇, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: ********************************************************************* Abstract Research on teacher stress has become a major area of international research interest. This study begins with a quantitative research of teacher stress on primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong using a self-reported questionnaire, adapted from three well-known inventories on stress, i.e. the Teacher Stress Inventory, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the Barksdale Personal Stress Evaluation. Results of the quantitative research reveal that there are no significance between teacher stress and the demographic variables. Nonetheless, it reveals that overload is the major dimension of stress, and this factor is further investigated by a subsequent qualitative investigation in this study. Results confirmed that work overload was one of the main factors for teacher stress in the Hong Kong schools. The qualitative research also reveals major similarities as well as disparities on stress experienced between the primary teachers and their secondary counterparts in the Hong Kong context. ********************************************************************* 5 DOI: 10.5353/th_b3759867 Subjects: High school teachers - Job stress - China - Hong Kong Elementary school teachers - Job stress - China - Hong Kong