ChnStdChinese Studies2168-5428Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/chnstd.2014.31003ChnStd-43198ArticlesBusiness&Economics Social Sciences&Humanities The Relationship among Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, Role Overload and Job Stress of Chinese Middle-Level Cadres houYongkang1*ZengWeixi2*HuYalin1*XiYipeng1*TanLiu1*School of Culture and Social Development Studies, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, China* E-mail:zyk@swu.edu.cn(HY);zwx213@hotmail.com(ZW);lindahuyalin@gmail.com(HY);646251040@qq.com(XY);280092605@qq.com(TL);120220140301811January 14th, 2014February 15th, 2014 February 24th, 2014© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This research aims to explore the relationship among role conflict, role ambiguity, role overload and job stress of middle-level cadres in Chinese local government. Through a questionnaire survey of 220 cadres, the results showed that time pressure was significantly correlated with role conflict and role overload; job anxiety and job stress were significantly and positively correlated with role ambiguity, role conflict and role overload; role ambiguity had a significant and positive effect on job anxiety and job stress; role conflict and role overload had a significant and positive effect on time stress, job anxiety and job stress.

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