| Summary: | <p class="Pa24">It becomes critical to the success of organizations to figure out how to effectively remedy female employees’ stress, given the sheer number of female employees in most organizations. The present study aimed to enhance our understanding of female employees’ strain, and suggest job resources to reduce their stressful feelings at work. With a sample of U.S. federal employees, female employees were compared with male counterparts in terms of their satisfaction about diverse work environments and the effects of work environment on stressful feelings. According to the findings, the strain of female employees was significantly higher than that of male counterparts. Work-life balance became a significant job resource for both male and female employees. Some work environment factors, such as public support and relationship with outside organizations, showed different effect on job strain, depending on the gender.</p>
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