Job stress among female workers in garment industry: implications to employer

Abstract

Purpose: Stress is a global epidemic which in the decade there were more than 50% of the population in many countries who reported experiencing work-related stress. The percentage of female workers working in the formal sector in Indonesia has increased every year, where female workers tend to be more vulnerable to work stress. Some of the causes of work stress in the industrial world are workload, interpersonal conflict and work-family conflict. Methods: The method which was used in this study was a quantitative cross- sectional study. The research sample was 70 respondents. The research instrument by using National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Generic Job Stress Questionnaire as measuring tool in research. Results: Test results of chi square and fisher exact test showed positive correlation between workload (p = 0.00), interpersonal conflict (p = 0.00) and work family conflict (p = 0.00) with events work stress. The results of the logistic regression test showed that conflicts interpersonal and work family conflict correlated significantly with work stress, with Pseudo R² value is 0.3285 which means that the variable of interpersonal conflict and work family conflict have correlation equal to 32.85% towards events work stress. While 0.6715 or 67.15% of work stress on women workers sewing part may be caused to other factors. Conclusions : workload, interpersonal conflict and work family conflict, have a positive relationship with events work stress on women workers sewing part. Keywords : work stress, workload, interpersonal conflict, work family conflict