Abstract:
The study was conducted for three purposes: 1) to measure the work stress level of Tourist Police Division, Sub division 2; 2) to find out whether personal variables, work variables, and psychological attributes were related to their work stress, and 3) to use the research results as a guideline to develop the personal and to improve the efficiency of Tourist Police Division, Sub division 2.The data were collected from Tourist Police Division, Subdivision 2, who worked in Bangkok. They were 37 commissioned police officers and 173 non commissioned police officers. A questionnaire was used to pattern thedata. The questionnaire was divided into 4 parts: i)background data, i.e., age, marital status, education, official rank, nature of work, number of workingyears, income and family burden; 2) work data, i.e., relationship with the supervisor, relationship with colleagues, working environment, and understanding of the role, duty and responsibility; 3) data on psychological attributes, which refers to measurement of belief in self-power; 4) stress level, i.e., measurement of physical and mental stress. The statistics for data analysis were t-test, pearson's product-moment correlation and reliability.The findings were briefly stated as follows:1) Tourist Polices in Subdivision 2 were found to have stress at a low level. They had "low" physical stress. They were most stressful when they sweated a lot because of shock. They also had "low" mental stress. The symptom of their experiencing the most stressful feeling was worry.2) The background variables found to be significantly related to their stress were nature of work and family burden. That is, the tourist polices who did clerical work will have a higher stress level than these whole work concerned prevent and suppression. These with a heavier family burden will experience a higher level of stress than their counterparts.3) The work factor found to have a significant relationship with their stress was understanding of the role and responsibility. In other words, the tourist polices who thought that their job did not match their ability were more stressful.4) Belief in self-power were found to have a negative relationship with stress. That is, these coming from noble families and being likely to be promoted to a higher important position were the most stressftjl.The results of the study revealed the tourist polices' stress level and the factors contributing to it, and some suggestions to reduce stress so that the tourist polices could work efficiently.The researcher also made the following recommendations.1) The personal should be encouraged to build a good relationship with the supervisor and their colleagues so that they could work together effectively.2) The personal should be encouraged to believe in self-power in order to reduce work stress and should be promoted to work to their flail capability.3) Because a heavy family burden can cause strong stress, the organization should find some way to reduce it. For example, correct advice should find be given to these with a heavy family burden so that they know how to manage their families.