This study evaluated job stress and personal factors among workers at a military industry in Iran. A questionnaire was used to assess job stress, personal characteristics, and occupational variables for 149 employees. The mean job stress score was in the no stress range, but some variables like employment type, medication use, and accidents had a significant relationship with higher stress levels. Injured workers and those taking medication regularly reported more stress than others. The study found that job stress was higher for contract employees compared to permanent workers. More research is needed to examine stress levels for specific groups of employees.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
A cross-sectional study was performed on 422 nursing and midwifery personnel of Zahedan training hospitals in 2016 to determine the occupational stress and its related factors. Data were collected by a demographic questionnaire and HSE Job Stress Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient. The software used to analyze the data was SPSS 17. The findings showed that the mean ± standard deviation occupational stress was 114.45 ± 16.16. 4% of subjects had moderate stress, 79.6% had normal stress and 16.4% had no stress. There was no significant relationship between age, gender, education, work experience, job position, ward and employment status with occupational stress, but there was a significant relationship between marital status and occupational stress. Based on the results of this study, the occupational stress level in nursing and midwifery personnel working in educational hospitals in Zahedan was relatively favorable and only a small percentage of people suffered from moderate stress.
Stress in Women Employee; A study on influence of Age (With reference to Insu...IOSR Journals
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Occupational stresses and causes work load and job nature that produced stresses among the insurance employees seek to identify in the present scenario of the insurance industry. The present study is about measuring the satisfaction level of females in an insurance sector and to evaluate the relationships between occupational stress, health and job satisfaction. The main aim of this study to measure the influence of age factors on occupational stress among insurance employees. And to evaluate the impact of occupational stress level on job satisfaction among the insurance employees. For this purpose a structured questionnaire was designed to collect information and statistical tool was applied on the data. The purpose of this study is occupational stressors among females in an insurance company.
JOB STRESS AND MANAGING TECHNIQUES IN GOLDEN ROCK RAIL WORKSHOPIAEME Publication
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The present study aims to find out the job stress and managing techniques in golden rock rail workshop. Stress refers to an individualâs reaction to a disturbing factor in the environment. It is an adaptive response to an external situation that results in physical, psychological and behavioural deviations for organisational participants. The validity of any research is based on the systematic method of data collection and analysis. Both primary and secondary data were used for this study. The primary data for pilot study was collected from 50 sample respondents from golden rock workshop. Later followed by a detailed data collection of 600 as sample respondents. For collecting the first-hand information from the employees, six hundreds of them were chosen by simple random sampling method. Questionnaire was the main tool used to collect the pertinent data from the selected sample respondents. SPSS was used for statistical analysis.
In May and August 2014, academic researchers surveyed 270 Environmental Service (ES) and Food Service (FS) workers at two U.S. hospitals in Sodexoâs Healthcare Division. The goal of this study was to gather information about workersâ perceived job quality for use in designing a future study aimed at reducing turnover, absenteeism, and work-related injuries at both sites.
For Sodexo, this study provides an opportunity to improve the Quality of Life of these workers, as well as the Quality of Life of the patients they serve. In turn, hospitals can benefit from greater efficiency, reduced costs, improved safety and increased performance.
Job Stress and Presenteeism among Nurses in Tertiary Level Hospitals in Pakis...Lachman Das Malhi
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Presenteeism among nurses is the decision to attend work while sick. It is a vital issue for nurse administrators and managers. The unusual circumstances of the health work atmosphere leads to the creation of job stress that further results in negative consequences- such as decreased productivity and poor quality care services to patients for organizations. This research explores the levels of job stress and presenteeism and the relationship between overall job stress and overall presenteeism perceived by nurses in tertiary level hospitals in Pakistan.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
A cross-sectional study was performed on 422 nursing and midwifery personnel of Zahedan training hospitals in 2016 to determine the occupational stress and its related factors. Data were collected by a demographic questionnaire and HSE Job Stress Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient. The software used to analyze the data was SPSS 17. The findings showed that the mean ± standard deviation occupational stress was 114.45 ± 16.16. 4% of subjects had moderate stress, 79.6% had normal stress and 16.4% had no stress. There was no significant relationship between age, gender, education, work experience, job position, ward and employment status with occupational stress, but there was a significant relationship between marital status and occupational stress. Based on the results of this study, the occupational stress level in nursing and midwifery personnel working in educational hospitals in Zahedan was relatively favorable and only a small percentage of people suffered from moderate stress.
Stress in Women Employee; A study on influence of Age (With reference to Insu...IOSR Journals
Â
Occupational stresses and causes work load and job nature that produced stresses among the insurance employees seek to identify in the present scenario of the insurance industry. The present study is about measuring the satisfaction level of females in an insurance sector and to evaluate the relationships between occupational stress, health and job satisfaction. The main aim of this study to measure the influence of age factors on occupational stress among insurance employees. And to evaluate the impact of occupational stress level on job satisfaction among the insurance employees. For this purpose a structured questionnaire was designed to collect information and statistical tool was applied on the data. The purpose of this study is occupational stressors among females in an insurance company.
JOB STRESS AND MANAGING TECHNIQUES IN GOLDEN ROCK RAIL WORKSHOPIAEME Publication
Â
The present study aims to find out the job stress and managing techniques in golden rock rail workshop. Stress refers to an individualâs reaction to a disturbing factor in the environment. It is an adaptive response to an external situation that results in physical, psychological and behavioural deviations for organisational participants. The validity of any research is based on the systematic method of data collection and analysis. Both primary and secondary data were used for this study. The primary data for pilot study was collected from 50 sample respondents from golden rock workshop. Later followed by a detailed data collection of 600 as sample respondents. For collecting the first-hand information from the employees, six hundreds of them were chosen by simple random sampling method. Questionnaire was the main tool used to collect the pertinent data from the selected sample respondents. SPSS was used for statistical analysis.
In May and August 2014, academic researchers surveyed 270 Environmental Service (ES) and Food Service (FS) workers at two U.S. hospitals in Sodexoâs Healthcare Division. The goal of this study was to gather information about workersâ perceived job quality for use in designing a future study aimed at reducing turnover, absenteeism, and work-related injuries at both sites.
For Sodexo, this study provides an opportunity to improve the Quality of Life of these workers, as well as the Quality of Life of the patients they serve. In turn, hospitals can benefit from greater efficiency, reduced costs, improved safety and increased performance.
Job Stress and Presenteeism among Nurses in Tertiary Level Hospitals in Pakis...Lachman Das Malhi
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Presenteeism among nurses is the decision to attend work while sick. It is a vital issue for nurse administrators and managers. The unusual circumstances of the health work atmosphere leads to the creation of job stress that further results in negative consequences- such as decreased productivity and poor quality care services to patients for organizations. This research explores the levels of job stress and presenteeism and the relationship between overall job stress and overall presenteeism perceived by nurses in tertiary level hospitals in Pakistan.
International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES) irjes
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International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES)
Ad hoc & sensor networks, Adaptive applications, Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural Engineering, AI and Image Recognition, Allied engineering materials, Applied mechanics,
Architecture & Planning, Artificial intelligence, Audio Engineering, Automation and Mobile Robots
Automotive EngineeringâŠ.
Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Office Workers in Shahid Behesh...Health Educators Inc
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Background: Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSD) is one of most prevalent health
problems among individuals with limited physical activity. This study aimed to assess this problem
among office workers in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran.
Methods and Material: Totally, 42 eligible office workers from three health centers related to
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) between May, 2016-September, 2016
were recruited in this cross-sectional study. Of all these individuals, 420 office workers (response
rate 99.2%) were satisfied to participate in this study. In Standard Nordic questionnaire were used to
collect data. Collected data were entered into SPSS 16 and analyzed through descriptive and
analytical tests.
Results: Totally, 420 office workers with a mean age of 37.1 ± 8.03 were examined in this study. The
most prevalent WMSPD was lower back pain (N = 56, 13.3%) followed by neck pain (N = 46, 11.0%),
wrist pain (N = 43, 10.2%), hip pain (N = 6, 1.4%) and pain in heel of foot (N = 17, 4%). The variables
such as age (Ï2 = 24.99: P = 0.003); gender (Ï2 = 0.544; P = 0.028); employment status (Ï2 = 9.837: P =
0.007); duration of pain (Ï2 = 1.55l P = 0.001) and duration of treatment (Ï2 = 1.006; P=0.001) were
significantly related to WMSD.
Conclusions: Since the WMSD are prevalent among office workers of SBUMS, designing proper
interventional studies are recommended. However, doing more researches to confirm the results of this
study is guaranteed.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
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International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The Relationship between Organizational Justice, Organizational Commitment an...inventionjournals
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The current study examines primarily the relationship between organizational justice, organizational commitment, and intention to leave. Investigating if there are gender differences in their levels of organizational justice, organizational commitment and intention to leave the organization is the second objective of this study. Data were collected from 384 health employees of a private hospital in Turkey by related instruments. Consequently, OJ was measured using Niehoff and Moormanâs (1993) scale; Mowday, Steers and Porterâs (1979) scale to measure OB was used and INTL was measured using Bluedornâs (1982) scale. The reliabilities of the survey instrument was assessed, frequency tests were employed, correlation, regression and independent t-test were made in order to evaluate the relationships between organizational justice, organizational commitment and intention to leave of health employeesâ. The findings of the study suggest important implications for management theory and practice. The results show that OJ is positively related to OB and negatively related to INTL. OB is negatively related to INTL. As predicted, gender has significant effect on OB, OJ, and INTL. Further, males appear to have a higher OJ and INTL perception, females tend to engage higher OC.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
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International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The Journal will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to
The objectives of this research are to find out the effect of caring climate on nurse performance,
the effect of caring climate on job satisfaction, the effect of caring climate on work stress, the effect of job
satisfaction on nurse performance
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This study is entitled âCoping with Work-Related Stress Among Factory Workers in the Manufacturing Industryâ. The study was to establish the significant differences in the stress coping styles among factory workers in the manufacturing industry. It sought to identify the various causes of stress, the effects of stress and the coping styles of workers in the respondentsâ assessment. The methodology used was descriptive-survey. The respondents of this study consisted of factory workers from different departments of a leading brand manufacturing snack food and confectionary. The researcher made use of stratified random sampling to divide the company into smaller groups
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Prevalence of Low Back Pain And Its Associated Risk Factor Among Office Worke...Muhamad Arif Sallehuddin
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Author : Muhamad Arif Bin Sallehuddin
Supervisor : Hari Krishnan Tamil Selvan
University : University of Cyberjaya (Formerly known as CUCMS)
Complete: September 2019
Objectives: We examine the predictors of sickness presenteeism in comparison with sickness absenteeism. The paper focuses on the effects of working-time match and efficiency demands and differentiates the estimates by a respondentâs self-assessed health. Methods: We use survey data covering 884 Finnish trade union members in 2009. We estimate logit models. All models include control variables such as the sector of the economy and the type of contract. Results: Working-time match between desired and actual weekly working hours reduces both sickness absence and presenteeism in the whole sample that consists of workers with all health levels. The point estimates reveal that working-time match decreases the prevalence of sickness absence by 7% and presenteeism by 8%. However, the estimates that differentiate by a respondentâs health show that this pattern prevails only for those workers who have poor health. Hence, the point estimates for those who have poor health are much larger than the ones for the whole sample. Working-time match reduces the prevalence of sickness absence by 21% and presenteeism by 20% for those workers who have poor health. In contrast, working-time match has no influence whatsoever on the prevalence of work-related sickness for those who have good health. We also find that efficiency demands increase presenteeism in the whole sample. However, additional results reveal that this pattern prevails only for those workers who have good health. Conclusions: The effects of working-time match and efficiency demands on the prevalence of sickness absence and presenteeism are strongly conditional upon a workerâs self-assessed health level. Therefore, the workerâs initial health is an important attribute that has to be taken into account when one is designing appropriate policies to reduce sickness absence and presenteeism.
Psychological Effects of Labor Gymnastics Program in Office Workers by Maria Luana Reis Santos, Martha Maria Viana de Bragança, Ricardo Fontes MacĂȘdo*, Robelus De Bortoli, Wendel de Oliveira Mota Ribeiro, Camila Souza Vieira and Manuella de Oliveira Mota Fernandes in Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine: Crimson PublishersÂŹ_ Science and Medicine
There are times that industries seek alternatives to improve the productivity of your employees. With the advancement of technology, entrepreneurs needed to do scales of its employees in large quantity so that there was financial return for your business. With this practice, the staff began to show some lesions not detected as diseases. The objective of this study is to assess the psychological effects of Labor Gymnastics in office workers Aracaju, practitioners and non-practitioners. This study presents characteristics of a cross-sectional study. The population of this research consists of individual office workers Aracaju, SE. The sample will consist of 15 individuals, of both sexes, all workers in a national office telecommunication, with a regional unit in Aracaju, SE. Will use the STAI questionnaire (Inventory of state-trait anxiety), developed by Spilberger et al. in 1966.
https://crimsonpublishers.com/rism/fulltext/RISM.000517.php
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please click on link: https://crimsonpublishers.com
For More Articles on Science and Medicine
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Design of a trial based economic evaluation on the cost effectiveness of empl...Cindy Noben
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the Netherlands, absenteeism and reduced productivity due to work disability lead to high yearly
costs reaching almost 5% of the gross national product. To reduce the economic burden of sick leave and reduced
productivity, different employability interventions for work-disabled employees or employees at risk of work
disability have been developed. Within this study, called âCASE-studyâ (Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Sustainable
Employability), five different employability interventions directed at work disabled employees with divergent health
complaints will be analysed on their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. This paper describes a consistent and
transparent methodological design to do so.
International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES) irjes
Â
International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES)
Ad hoc & sensor networks, Adaptive applications, Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural Engineering, AI and Image Recognition, Allied engineering materials, Applied mechanics,
Architecture & Planning, Artificial intelligence, Audio Engineering, Automation and Mobile Robots
Automotive EngineeringâŠ.
Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Office Workers in Shahid Behesh...Health Educators Inc
Â
Background: Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSD) is one of most prevalent health
problems among individuals with limited physical activity. This study aimed to assess this problem
among office workers in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran.
Methods and Material: Totally, 42 eligible office workers from three health centers related to
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) between May, 2016-September, 2016
were recruited in this cross-sectional study. Of all these individuals, 420 office workers (response
rate 99.2%) were satisfied to participate in this study. In Standard Nordic questionnaire were used to
collect data. Collected data were entered into SPSS 16 and analyzed through descriptive and
analytical tests.
Results: Totally, 420 office workers with a mean age of 37.1 ± 8.03 were examined in this study. The
most prevalent WMSPD was lower back pain (N = 56, 13.3%) followed by neck pain (N = 46, 11.0%),
wrist pain (N = 43, 10.2%), hip pain (N = 6, 1.4%) and pain in heel of foot (N = 17, 4%). The variables
such as age (Ï2 = 24.99: P = 0.003); gender (Ï2 = 0.544; P = 0.028); employment status (Ï2 = 9.837: P =
0.007); duration of pain (Ï2 = 1.55l P = 0.001) and duration of treatment (Ï2 = 1.006; P=0.001) were
significantly related to WMSD.
Conclusions: Since the WMSD are prevalent among office workers of SBUMS, designing proper
interventional studies are recommended. However, doing more researches to confirm the results of this
study is guaranteed.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
Â
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The Relationship between Organizational Justice, Organizational Commitment an...inventionjournals
Â
The current study examines primarily the relationship between organizational justice, organizational commitment, and intention to leave. Investigating if there are gender differences in their levels of organizational justice, organizational commitment and intention to leave the organization is the second objective of this study. Data were collected from 384 health employees of a private hospital in Turkey by related instruments. Consequently, OJ was measured using Niehoff and Moormanâs (1993) scale; Mowday, Steers and Porterâs (1979) scale to measure OB was used and INTL was measured using Bluedornâs (1982) scale. The reliabilities of the survey instrument was assessed, frequency tests were employed, correlation, regression and independent t-test were made in order to evaluate the relationships between organizational justice, organizational commitment and intention to leave of health employeesâ. The findings of the study suggest important implications for management theory and practice. The results show that OJ is positively related to OB and negatively related to INTL. OB is negatively related to INTL. As predicted, gender has significant effect on OB, OJ, and INTL. Further, males appear to have a higher OJ and INTL perception, females tend to engage higher OC.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
Â
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The Journal will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to
The objectives of this research are to find out the effect of caring climate on nurse performance,
the effect of caring climate on job satisfaction, the effect of caring climate on work stress, the effect of job
satisfaction on nurse performance
NURSING STREE JHGJHS JBJHS JHBFJSH JHBHJ JHBFFHJ HJJHHBJHHDFJH JHFHJDS FGSDF GDFGDFG DFGDSFG DFGDFSG DFGDSFG DSFG DFG DFG DFG DFG DSG SDFG DFG D FGD SG DFG DG ETS GFDF GDSF G SDGFDF GD FG G SDG SD FGH DFG SD GDSF G DFS GDS G DFGTHYTR ERT ER Y ERT ER T EY ERT WERWE Y ERR Y ERR T ERY ET Y ETY ERT ETY RT Y TY TR RTY E RTER T E TE RT ETY R T ER T ER TR ER RT T TY YT RT Y TY EY YT T ERY T Y RTY ER Y ER
This study is entitled âCoping with Work-Related Stress Among Factory Workers in the Manufacturing Industryâ. The study was to establish the significant differences in the stress coping styles among factory workers in the manufacturing industry. It sought to identify the various causes of stress, the effects of stress and the coping styles of workers in the respondentsâ assessment. The methodology used was descriptive-survey. The respondents of this study consisted of factory workers from different departments of a leading brand manufacturing snack food and confectionary. The researcher made use of stratified random sampling to divide the company into smaller groups
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
Â
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Prevalence of Low Back Pain And Its Associated Risk Factor Among Office Worke...Muhamad Arif Sallehuddin
Â
Author : Muhamad Arif Bin Sallehuddin
Supervisor : Hari Krishnan Tamil Selvan
University : University of Cyberjaya (Formerly known as CUCMS)
Complete: September 2019
Objectives: We examine the predictors of sickness presenteeism in comparison with sickness absenteeism. The paper focuses on the effects of working-time match and efficiency demands and differentiates the estimates by a respondentâs self-assessed health. Methods: We use survey data covering 884 Finnish trade union members in 2009. We estimate logit models. All models include control variables such as the sector of the economy and the type of contract. Results: Working-time match between desired and actual weekly working hours reduces both sickness absence and presenteeism in the whole sample that consists of workers with all health levels. The point estimates reveal that working-time match decreases the prevalence of sickness absence by 7% and presenteeism by 8%. However, the estimates that differentiate by a respondentâs health show that this pattern prevails only for those workers who have poor health. Hence, the point estimates for those who have poor health are much larger than the ones for the whole sample. Working-time match reduces the prevalence of sickness absence by 21% and presenteeism by 20% for those workers who have poor health. In contrast, working-time match has no influence whatsoever on the prevalence of work-related sickness for those who have good health. We also find that efficiency demands increase presenteeism in the whole sample. However, additional results reveal that this pattern prevails only for those workers who have good health. Conclusions: The effects of working-time match and efficiency demands on the prevalence of sickness absence and presenteeism are strongly conditional upon a workerâs self-assessed health level. Therefore, the workerâs initial health is an important attribute that has to be taken into account when one is designing appropriate policies to reduce sickness absence and presenteeism.
Psychological Effects of Labor Gymnastics Program in Office Workers by Maria Luana Reis Santos, Martha Maria Viana de Bragança, Ricardo Fontes MacĂȘdo*, Robelus De Bortoli, Wendel de Oliveira Mota Ribeiro, Camila Souza Vieira and Manuella de Oliveira Mota Fernandes in Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine: Crimson PublishersÂŹ_ Science and Medicine
There are times that industries seek alternatives to improve the productivity of your employees. With the advancement of technology, entrepreneurs needed to do scales of its employees in large quantity so that there was financial return for your business. With this practice, the staff began to show some lesions not detected as diseases. The objective of this study is to assess the psychological effects of Labor Gymnastics in office workers Aracaju, practitioners and non-practitioners. This study presents characteristics of a cross-sectional study. The population of this research consists of individual office workers Aracaju, SE. The sample will consist of 15 individuals, of both sexes, all workers in a national office telecommunication, with a regional unit in Aracaju, SE. Will use the STAI questionnaire (Inventory of state-trait anxiety), developed by Spilberger et al. in 1966.
https://crimsonpublishers.com/rism/fulltext/RISM.000517.php
For more open access journals in Crimson Publishers
please click on link: https://crimsonpublishers.com
For More Articles on Science and Medicine
Please click on: https://crimsonpublishers.com/rism
Design of a trial based economic evaluation on the cost effectiveness of empl...Cindy Noben
Â
the Netherlands, absenteeism and reduced productivity due to work disability lead to high yearly
costs reaching almost 5% of the gross national product. To reduce the economic burden of sick leave and reduced
productivity, different employability interventions for work-disabled employees or employees at risk of work
disability have been developed. Within this study, called âCASE-studyâ (Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Sustainable
Employability), five different employability interventions directed at work disabled employees with divergent health
complaints will be analysed on their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. This paper describes a consistent and
transparent methodological design to do so.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
Â
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
There has been lot of debate on the reasons of stress experienced in organizations; consequently it has been realized that stress at workplace brings damages in terms of health of employees, work accidents, poor productivity and staff turnover. Now a days workrelated stress is an area of major concern and research in the behavioral sciences. Work- relates can be linked to physical and psychological health problems among people. The present study is an attempt to find out the difference in work-stressors among the workforces of BPO sector and Educational Institutes. The data was gathered from Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. A sample of 400 respondents was considered for study. Only 375 respondents returned the filled form. Random convenient sampling technique was used to collect the data. Work-stressors scale identified by Cooper (1986) was used to measure work-related stressors and the results revealed that there is no significant difference among the workforces of both sector on the basis of work related stressors.
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The need for and the propriety of employment drug testing
The need and convenience of drug tests in employment, are several measures or tests used by
employers to assess the ability and behavior of their employees or future candidates to whom
they
will use, normally these tests are performed before hiring and normally They are analyzed
through In the urine of people, small samples are taken that will undergo immediate tests that
will give
the diagnosis. These types of tests measure the drug and alcohol in the blood; However, other
tests, such as blood tests, measure the truthfulness and amount of substance in the body. Of the
person, these tests are performed to measure the ability of people, since the use of drugs or
alcohol can decrease a person's work performance.
Some of the tests used are: random lie detection tests, amphetamines, genetic tests to detect
diseases in high-risk employees, but these tests are used as well for competitions as they measure
athletes and their skills in such a way that play well and don't make mistakes or win a race
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The research proposal aim at assessing the effect of workplace stress on workers productivity at Lexington Medical Center. The objective of the research is to assess worker productivity, the stress level among health workers, and the extent to which their productivity and performance is related to stress levels. The research survey will be a cross section and it will involve 120 participants (about 20% of the total population) and it will be conducted through convenience sampling techniques and stratified sampling. The data will be collected using questionnaire and descriptive statistical regression analysis will be used for data analysis. Before the actual data collection, there will be pilot study to determine reliability of the
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CHAPTER ONE............................................................................................................ 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION.. 1
1.1 Background to the Research Problem.. 1
1.2 Statement of the Research Problem.. 3
1.3 Objectives of the Study. 3
1.3.1General Objective. 3
1.3.2 Specific Objectives. 4
1.4. Research Questions. 4
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1.4.1 General Research Question. 4
1.4.2 Specific Research Questions. 4
1.5 Relevance of the Research. 4
1.6 Organization of the Dissertation (Why disseration? Disseration is totally different from a Research Proposal 5
1.7. Limitations. 5
CHAPTER TWO.. 6
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW... 6
2.1 Overview.. 6
2.2 Conceptual Definitions. 6
2.2.1 Work Place Stress. 7
2.2.2 Employee Performance. 7
2.3. Theoretical Literature Review.. 8
2.3.1 Employees Performance Management 8
2.3.2 Stress at Workplace. 8
Work Stress and Employees Performance. 10
Theories of Work Stress. 10
The Job Demands-Control Theory (JD-C) 10
The Role Theory. 11
Empirical Literature Review.. 11
Assessing Employee Performance. 12
2.5.3 Relationship between work Stresses and Employee Performance. 13
Research Gap Identified. 13
2.9 Statement of Hypotheses. 14
CHAPTER THREE.. 15
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.. 15
3.1 Overview.. 15
3.2 Research Design. 15
3.3 Study Population. 15
3.4 Area of the Research. 15
3.5.1 Sample Size. 16
3.5.2 Sampling Procedure. 17
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The research proposal aim at assessing the effect of workplace stress on workers productivity at Lexington Medical Center. The objective of the research is to assess worker productivity, the stress level among health workers, and the extent to which their productivity and performance is related to stress levels. The research survey will be a cross section and it will involve 120 participants (about 20% of the total population) and it will be conducted through convenience sampling techniques and stratified sampling. The data will be collected using questionnaire and descriptive statistical regression analysis will be used for data analysis. Before the actual data collection, there will be pilot study to determine reliability of the
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1CHAPTER ONE
11.0INTRODUCTION
11.1 Background to the Research Problem
31.2 Statement of the Research Problem
31.3 Objectives of the Study
31.3.1General Objective
41.3.2 Specific Objectives
41.4. Research Questions
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41.4.1 General Research Question
41.4.2 Specific Research Questions
41.5 Relevance of the Research
51.6 Organization of the Dissertation (Why disseration? Disseration is totally different from a Research Proposal
51.7. Limitations
6CHAPTER TWO
62.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
62.1 Overview
62.2 Conceptual Definitions
72.2.1 Work Place Stress
72.2.2 Employee Performance
82.3. Theoretical Literature Review
82.3.1 Employees Performance Management
82.3.2 Stress at Workplace
10Work Stress and Employees Performance
10Theories of Work Stress
10The Job Demands-Control Theory (JD-C)
11The Role Theory
11Empirical Literature Review
12Assessing Employee Performance
132.5.3 Relationship between work Stresses and Employee Performance
13Research Gap Identified
142.9 Statement of Hypotheses
15CHAPTER THREE
153.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
153.1 Overview
153.2 Research Design
153.3 Study Population
153.4 Area of the Research
163.5.1 Sample Size
173.5.2 Sampling Procedure
183.6. Variables and Measurements
193.7 Methods and Instrument Used for Data Collection
193.8. Data Processing and Analysis
21CHAPTER FOUR
214.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
214.1 Summary
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The organizational causes of stress range from heavy workloads and tight deadlines to verbal abuse and financial struggles more than one third of Indians experience chronic work stress. Stress is a natural reaction to excessive demands and perceived threats. From an occupational perspective, its the gap between employees needs and abilities and what their workplace offers and requires. The workplace is an important source of both demands and pressures causing stress, and structural and social resources to counteract stress. Approximately 80 of people feel stressed on the job, according to the ICAR National Institute of A biotic Stress Management About 25 say that their job is the primary stressor in their lives, leading to Back and neck pain, poor sleep, eye strain, muscle and joint pain, weakened immune system, digestive distress, heart palpitations, weight gain, anxiety and depression, fatigue, mood swings, aggressive behaviour, poor mental focus, loss of motivation, diminished work capacity. The research design adopted by the researcher is descriptive in nature. The study was conducted in Salem Steel Plant, Salem District. The size of the sample was 60 employees. It is a 5 point scale that consists of 21 items. The study concludes that more than half 51.7 of the respondents have moderate levels of shopping addiction. Dr. M. Punitha | G. V. Selva Priya "A Study on Causes of Stress at Workplace among Employees" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-2 , February 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49307.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/hrm-and-retail-business/49307/a-study-on-causes-of-stress-at-workplace-among-employees/dr-m-punitha
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1. Assessment of Job Stress and Personal-Related Factors among the Workers
of a Military Industry
Hamidreza Heidari1
, Mohsen Mahdinia2*
, Hoda Rahimifard1
1
Research Center for Environmental Pollutants and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom,
Iran.
2
Department of Occupational health, School of Public Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Received 3 August 2016; Revised 25 September 2016; Accepted 17 November 2016; Available online 27 December 2016
ABSTRACT: Health of organizationâs employees is dependent on psychosocial factors such as job stress, considerably. Job stress is related to
the low quality of life, job burnout, increasing the risk of accidents and workârelated injuries and cause job change and early retirement of
employees. This study aimed to evaluate employeesâ job stress in an industry as well as to assess its relationship by personal (age, education,
chronic disease, taking medication, and smoking) and job (type of occupation, work experience, type of employment, working hours per day,
second jobs and accident) variables. This descriptive study was conducted in 2013 on all 149 employees of a manufacturing company. Data
collection was done with HSEâs Management Standards Indicator Tool. Information was gathered in Semiâsupervised selfâreported manner.
Independentâsample T test, oneâway ANOVA, and linear regression were used for data analysis. All statistical analysis performed in SPSS soft-
ware version 16. The mean of participantâs age and work experience was 39.8 and 15.43 years, respectively. Mean of job stress score was 3.59
±0.45 and was in no stress range. Among the studied variables, type of employment, the permanent taking of medication and accident have a
significant relationship with job stress (P<0.05). But, other variables did not have a significant relationship with job stress. Injured personnel
and drug users have higher stress levels than others that need to be considered in these cases. Also, job stress in employees and contract staffs
is more than conventional workers. Thus, more detailed examinations are needed for those employees.
KEYWORDS: Job Stress, Personal Characteristics, Occupational Variables, Military Industry
Introduction
Physical health and sense of wellâbeing among employees of
an organization are largely dependent on psychological fac-
tors which are the most important of them is job stress [1].
According to the definition of the National Institute for Occu-
pational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1999, Job stress occurs
when there is no coordination between the job demands and
human abilities, capabilities, and requirements [2]. Pressure
and job stress is inevitable in order to cope with job demands
and may be tolerable in the short term to human resources,
but in the longâterm will be caused degeneration of physical
and mental strength of an organization and eventually leads
to occupational burnout [3]. Statistics provided by different
institutions expressed the importance of the issue about the
damage caused by job stress. For instance, Health Safety Exec-
utive, HSE, in the England, during the years 2007 to 2009, has
estimated more than 5.3 million working lost days and more
than 4 billion pounds of annual compensation for damages
from job stress. Job stressaffects on human health, quality of
life and also reduces the likelihood of accidents and increases
workârelated injuries. In addition, studies have shown that
occupational stress can be influenced on incidence symptoms
of thedisease, more replacement between the workers and
early retirement of employees [4]. The side effects of stress
have been demonstrated in numerous studies.
For example, the study of Kiani et al., on all employees of
*Corresponding Author Email: mohsen.mahdinia@yahoo.com
Tel.: +98 2537 833 362; Fax: +98 2537 833 361
Note. Discussion period for this manuscript open until January 31,
2017 on JSEHR website at the âShow Articleâ
http://dx.doi.org/10.22053/jsehr.2016.33381
J. Saf. Environ. Health Res. 1(1): 6â10, Autumn 2016
DOI: 10.22053/jsehr.2016.33381
ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER
Isfahan steel company, showed that job stress reduction can
be effective in reducing the rate of accidents have been re-
ported [5]. Also, the results of Mohammadfam et al. showed
that job stress is significantly associated with unsafe acts and
both of the job stress and unsafe acts have a significant direct
correlation with occurred accidents [6]. The results of Lou
et al. study, in 2008 showed that job stress is the only signif-
icant factor that has a direct effect on occupational burnout
[7]. Similarly, Tsai et al., 2008 reached the same results [8]. In
another study by Ozkan et al., results showed that job stress
had a negative significant effect on life satisfaction, while the
stress on all three dimensions of occupational burnout has a
significant positive effect [9]. Khattak stated that workload,
working hours, working technological problems, insufficient
and changing working pattern, were the main sources of
stress in staff and all workârelated stress factors were signifi-
cantly associated with occupational burnout [10]. Although
several studies on job stress have been conducted in Iran and
other countries, in many cases, the results have been achieved
from the office environments such as hospitals and the im-
portant industrial sector was almost neglected. Considering
the problems and damage caused by job stress and influence
the outcome of the workforce, this study has been done focus-
ing on the job stress and personal and occupational factors
associated with it among the military industry workers.
Materials and methods
This crossâsectional descriptive study was carried out in 2013
on all 149 employees of an industrial company. Data gather-
ing tool in this study was a twoâpart questionnaire. The first
part of the questionnaire related to demographic character-
2. Hamidreza Heidari et al. / J. Saf. Environ. Health Res. 1(1): 6â10, Autumn 2016 7
istics (age, education, disease, medication, and smoking) and
job (job type, work experience, type of employment, hours
of daily work, second jobs and accident). The second part,
contained 35 questions, was the job stress HSE UK question-
naire. The reliability and validity of the Persian version of the
questionnaire have been confirmed by Marzabadi et al., which
was studied on 749 military personnel in Iran. The validity of
the questionnaire was also obtained by Cronbachâs alpha co-
efficient and splitâhalf equals to 0.78 and 0.65, respectively.
This questionnaire examines job stress in seven domains of
demand, control, managersâ support, peer support, relation-
ships, roles, and changes. Demand domain includes topics
such as workload and labor and environmental properties. It
also contains control of the level of oneâs mastery of duties
and tasks assigned to him. Managersâ support is the managersâ
and institutional services that a person receives and colleague
support is all support that a person receives from a colleague.
Relationships related to features that help increase relation-
ships and reduce conflict in the workplace and the role do-
main is the understanding of the personnel about their role
in the organization. Finally, changes domain contains issues
that how to organize and deal with changes of organizationâs
personnel. Among the advantages of this questionnaire can be
implied to many studies for obtaining the content validity of
the questionnaire, as well as diverse areas and a small num-
ber of questions compared to other similar questionnaires [4].
In this tool, each scale scored from 1 to 5. The average of ex-
pressions scores in each domain is indicative of the measured
values for each domain. In this questionnaire, the scoring is in
such a way that the lower scores mean higher stress and the
worse situation. On the other words, the lower score in each
domain and the total score indicates more stress is job stress.
According to the proposed categorization, the scores of
less than 1.5 considered as high stress, and scores of 1.5 to
2.5, 2.5 to 3.5, and more than 3.5 considered as moderate, low
stress and without stress, respectively [11]. To gather infor-
mation after coordination and ensure of voluntary consent to
enter the study, explanations about the study and its purpose
were given to the subjects and the questionnaire was made
available to them. Then they were asked to complete ques-
tionnaires on their maximum duration of 20 minutes carefully
and will respond to all questions. If the bug was introduced in
questions to answer peopleâs questions and ambiguities were
resolved. We used SPSS 16 to analyze the gathered data. For
data analysis, descriptive statistics, tâtest, ANOVA and Tukeyâs
test with a confidence level of 95% was used. To investigate
the correlation between independent variables (age, Job,
medication, type of employment, accident, and second job)
with the areas of occupational stress (demand, control, man-
agersâ support, peer support, relationships, and roles) linear
regression model was used.
Results and discussion
The demographic data showed that the mean and standard
deviation for age was 39.8 ±6.31 years in the studied samples.
97.3% of subjects were married. The educational level of 9.4%
of subjects was lower than the secondary education, 34.2%
diploma, 18.8% associate degree, 28.2% bachelor and 9.4%
MA and more. Of the total samples, 8.8% were accustomed
to typical consumption of tobacco. The 8.7% of subjects suf-
fered from at least a chronic disease and 6.7% of respondents
said they regularly use some form of medication. Regard-
ing the type of job, 41.4% of subjects were the blue âcollar
workers and the rest were whiteâ collar workers. From the
point of view of employment type, 27.5% were government
employees (Forma|), 6% was contract employment, 57.7%
was contractual employment and 8.7% have other types of
employment. In addition, 12.8% of people said that they had
a second job. The 22.6% of the subjects state that they have
been at least one occupational accident during the past year.
Other quantitative information on jobs is presented in Table 1.
Table 1. Demographic characteristics of participants in terms of ca-
reer.
The significant level of job stress and its domains related to
individual variables is presented in Table 2.
Correlation between variables related to work (job, work
experience, type of employment, hours of daily work, second
jobs) and job stress are presented in Table 3.
The obtained results of table 4 shows the results of linear
regression model for variables (including age, occupation,
medication, type of employment, accident and second jobs)
that in the previous step have been demonstrated significantly
related to job stress and some of its domains (demand, con-
trol, colleague support, etc.).
Table 2. The correlation of occupational stress and its domains and
personal parameters.
* The used statistical test for the age was Pearson, for the education
level was oneâway ANOVA, and independent Tâtest was used for other
variables.
According to the results obtained from the subjects, 78
patients (54.2%) than those without job stress, 65 patients
(45.1%) than those with low job stress and only 1 patient
(0.7%) had job stress in the range of moderate. In addition, on
the results of this study, no one had severe job stress (Fig. 1).
The mean of the job stress in studied subjectswas 3.59 ±0.45
which is adopted in accordance with the classification pro-
vided in the no stress region based on job stress scores. The
obtained results in this study agree with the results of several
similar studies. In a study conducted by Marzabadi on 749 of
military personnel, HSE questionnaire was used and observed
job stress was not high. So that, the 3.4% of the subjects had
3. Hamidreza Heidari et al. / J. Saf. Environ. Health Res. 1(1): 6â10, Autumn 20168
average job stress, 53.6%of them low stress and 43% of them
were without any occupational job stress [11]. In other study
carried out using HSE questionnaire among personnel devel-
opment projects similar results were obtained [12].
Table 3. The correlation of occupational stress and its domains and
occupational parameters
Fig. 1. The percentage of individuals at different levels of occupa-
tional stress.
In spite of several agreements were observed between this
study and others, but the conflict was also observed among
some studies. For example, Aminian in the study on 240 public
transport drivers, found that 0.4% of patients with mild job
stress, 17% mild to moderate, 78% of patients with moderate
to severe occupational stress and 4.5% had severe occupa-
tional stress [2]. Khatooni in the other study which is done on
242 employees of Saderat Bank, revealed that 76.25% of the
subjects experienced moderate to severe occupational stress
[13]. Rahmani et al. (2010) conducted an investigation on
59 nurses of Tabriz teaching hospitals and revealed that the
49.2% of the studied persons had experienced high levels of
occupational stress [14].
Another study on 155 nurses indicated that 57.4% of pa-
tients have experienced high occupational stress, 40% mod-
erate and only 2.6% had lowâlevel amounts of occupational
stress [15]. Shiraz University of medical sciences showed that
the majority of cases reported high occupational stress level
and in such a situation can be predicted the probability of high
mental and physical injuries[16].
The deviations in the results of the present study with oth-
er mentioned studies may be due to reasons such as differ-
ences in the study groups. As mentioned above, most of the
studies were related to nursing and administrative jobs which
may be different in terms of stress levels in industrial environ-
ments. Moreover, the research tools used to measure the psy-
chological stress of the mentioned studies have been different.
The results of this study showed no significant relationship
between age and occupational stress scores. Gharibi et al., in
their study on 145 employees of the tunnel, did not achieve a
significant relationship between age and occupational stress
[12]. The similar results were also obtained in other studies
[15, 17, 18]. In the present study only in the control domain,
there was a significant inverse relationship between age and
level of occupational stress. This means that the occupation-
al stress level was reduced with increasing age in the control
domain. This indicates that the increase of age and experience
will increase oneâs control over business affairs. In this study,
no significant relationship was observed between occupation-
al stress and level of education. The result is consistent with
[12] and [19, 20]. In addition, the findings revealed that the
relation between suffering from a chronic disease and occupa-
tional stress was not significant. However, a significant direct
relationship was observed between taking the drug and per-
manent occupational stress. Also, in the peer support domain,
this relation was significant such that people who consume
drugs had a higher stress level in the peer support domain. In
other domains of occupational stress, no significant differenc-
es were observed between the two groups. Gharibi et al. also
achieved no significant relationship between chronic disease
and occupational stress [12]. Based on obtained results, the
relation between smoking and occupational stress was not
significant. Previous studies have shown different results. For
example, Gharibi and Yadegarfar in separate studies, rejected
significant relation between smoking and occupational stress
[12, 21], while, Marzabadi and Kouvonen reported opposite
results [11, 22].
Table 4. The results of regression analysis variables related to occu-
pational stress and its domains
In regard to occupational variables, only the control do-
main showed a significant relation between occupational
stress and type of Job (workerâemployee) such that the level
of occupational stress among workers was higher than em-
ployees. However, based on the total score of occupational
stress, no significant difference was observed in both groups.
Similar finding obtained in another study [12]. The results
also showed a statistically significant relation between total
score of occupational stress and type of employment. This
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correlation was significant in the domains of demand and re-
lationships. Also, it was revealed that levels of stress among
contractual workers were significantly lower than formal em-
ployees in the domain of relationships.
The relationship between job experience and occupational
stress and its domains was not statistically significant. Several
studies have had different results. Soori et al. [20], Mortaghi
[15], Zeighami [18] and Yadegarfar [21] did not achieve any
significant relation between occupational stress and job ex-
perience. Also, Tsai et al. showed that there is no statistically
significant relation between job experience and occupational
stress [23]. However, the studies of Marzabadi et al. and Kha-
tooni et al. [13] showed that there was a significant inverse
correlation between occupational stress and job experience
[11]. On the other hand, Gharibi et al. found that the more in-
crease in job experience, the more job stress [12].
It was seen that having a second job does not have a sig-
nificant effect on occupational stress. This result is consis-
tent with the results of Yadegarfar et al. [21]. In addition,
there was not statistically significant relationship between
the daily working hours and job stress as well as its domains.
Similar results were found in the studies of Soori et al. [19],
Mortaqhi et al. [15] and Zeighami et al. [18], Tsai et al. [23].
Conversely, Khaqanyzade et al. concluded that increase in
the daily working hours significantly increased occupational
stress [24].
The total score of occupational stress in people, who had
experienced at least one accident in the past year, the level of
occupational stress was higher than those who had not any
accident. The mean scores of demand and the relationships
domains between the two groups were significantly different.
The conflicting results were obtained in performed studies
on this topic. It was found that occupational stress had sig-
nificant direct and indirect positive effect on the incidence of
accidents [5]. A statistically significant relationship was ob-
served between occupational stress and the incidence of un-
safe acts [6]. In addition, among the groups who had higher
occupational stress, unsafe acts and the rate of accidents had
grown [6]. However, Soori et al. showed that the correlation
between occupational stress and accidents was not statistical-
ly significant [20]. Results of regression analysis revealed that
occupational stress among the patients who consumed a type
of medication was 0.408 units more than those who did not
use any drug. Moreover, in the people with an accident history,
the occupational stress level was 0.085 units more than those
without any accident history. Occupational stress among
workers was as much as 0.302 units more than employees in
control domains.
In the case of demand, the stress amount in those who ex-
perienced an accident was 0.471 units more than those who
did not have any accident.
In the field of relationships, people injured in accidents
had as much as 0.629 units more stress than people who
had not experienced any accident. So, the mean score of
occupational stress in the study group was in the range of
stressâfree region and therefore favorable conditions can be
evaluated. It was also found that personal and occupational
variables such as the type of employment, accident history,
and drug consumption had an effect on occupational stress.
Therefore, it is suggested that measures such as paying
more attention to injured workers, young people, new work-
ers, and those who are working in labor (workers), should
be done.
Acknowledgements
The present study was a research project approved by the
Qom University of Medical Sciences (Grant No. 92352). Here-
by, the university coâoperation is highly appreciated. The au-
thors also thank the Deputy of Research, Qom University of
Medical Sciences for support funding. The authors declare
that there is no conflict of interests.
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AUTHOR(S) BIOSKETCHES
Heidari, H.R., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Research Center for Environmental Pollutants and Department of Environmental Health Engineering,
Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Email: Hr.heidari.tums@gmail.com
Mahdinia, M., MSc, Department of Occupational health, School of Public Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Email: mohsen.
mahdinia@yahoo.com
Rahimifard, H., MSc, Research Center for Environmental Pollutants and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Qom University of
Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. Email: h.rahimifard2@gmail.com
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H. Heidari, M. Mahdinia, H. Rahimifard, Assessment of Job Stress and PersonalâRelated Factors among the Workers of a Military
Industry, Journal of Safety, Environment, and Health Research, (2016) 7â11.
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