Managers' Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction: Structure and Characteristics

China is the first manufacturing country in the world with a great amount of labor force in the industry. Managers in this industry are facing great stress and lower job satisfaction. In this paper, structure and characteristics of occupational stressor of middle level managers in manufacturing are studied. The result indicated that there were 6 stressors for middle level managers, including: occupational development, job tasks and demands, organizational structure and climate, role ambiguity and conflict, interpersonal relationships, feeling in the work. Stressors that significantly influence job satisfaction are "feeling in the work" and "job tasks and demands". Other job stressors have no significant influences on job satisfaction.