Abstract
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a very significant impact on every area of the organization, especially the health sector, especially hospitals. One of the impacts experienced is the work pressure felt by hospital employees. This study aims to analyze the work pressure experienced by hospital employees during the covid-19 pandemic which was obtained from the type of work and stressor factors that influenced it. This type of research was quantitative with a cross sectional approach. The sample of this study was 120 employees at Hospital "X" in Indonesia. The sampling technique is probability sampling with random sampling method. Univariate analysis test was used to see the distribution of frequency and percentage of each variable and bivariate analysis with chi-square test to determine the relationship between variables (p value <0.05). It was found that the type of employee's work was significantly related to the employee's work pressure. Then an analysis of the level of work pressure is carried out with the influencing work pressure stressor. Based on the Spearman Correlation Test, a correlation value of 0.589 with a sig value of 0.000 means that the sig value is smaller than 0.05 (0.000 <0.05) indicating that there is a significant effect between stressor and work pressure at Hospital "X". The cause of high work pressure from this type of work is the demands of the organization in relation to the high role of tasks, especially medical personnel, which increases during the pandemic. Then the stressor factors that influence are role overload, role conflict and role ambiguity caused by the demands of the duties and roles of employees, poor communication, and lack of direct guidance from the leadership on the tasks and regulations given.
Highlights
Coronavirus disease 2019 or better known as Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new type of coronavirus that was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 (WHO, 2020)
This study aims to identify and analyze the work pressure experienced by hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic based on stressor factors such as role overload, role conflict, and role ambiguity which are factors that cause work pressure for employees at "X" Hospital Pare Indonesia
There is a relationship between the type of employee work with the level of work pressure. in line with Zhu et al's research in 2020, The COVID-19 pandemic is a difficult time for healthcare workers
Summary
Coronavirus disease 2019 or better known as Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new type of coronavirus that was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 (WHO, 2020). The work pressure experienced by employees due to the environment they face will affect their performance and job satisfaction. Psychological health is one element that is very influential on individual performance for the organization, for this reason it is necessary to analyze the extent of work pressure faced by hospital employees. From a systematic review of stress-causing factors, it is necessary to provide understanding and input for strategic policies to increase awareness and self-management in order to avoid high work pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to identify and analyze the work pressure experienced by hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic based on stressor factors such as role overload, role conflict, and role ambiguity which are factors that cause work pressure for employees at "X" Hospital Pare Indonesia. Even hospital employees are worried about dealing directly with patients, resulting in increased work pressure and stress during the pandemic. Further in this chapter the researcher explains about the characteristics of the respondents
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