| Variable | Source |
| Independent Variable: Emotional intelligence | (Madi, 2014) [12] ; (Elshawa, 2015) [13] |
| Self-awareness | |
| Social skills | |
| Self-regulation | |
| Motivation | |
| Empathy | |
| Dependent Variable: Work stress | (Banat, 2009) [14] |
| role conflict | |
| the ambiguity of the role | |
| performance evaluation | |
| physical work factors |