Abstract
The textile and clothing (T&C) sector plays an important role in the growth and industrial development of emerging economies. Work stress is a real concern for organizations with no immunity for the T&C sector. It hampers individual as well as organizational work performance that ultimately places a significant hurdle in achieving competitiveness in the market. This study aims at exploring the antecedents and consequences of work stress and how different causes of stress influence perceived stress among the employees of the textile and clothing organizations in Pakistan. Data were collected from 1470 employees of 24 organizations. Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) and two researcher-developed instruments (34 items and 22 items each) were used for the data collection. Information gathered was analyzed by PLS-SEM (partial least squares structural equation modelling) technique. Statistically significant results were found for the antecedents, namely, work-family conflict, role clarity, work characteristics, social working environment, managers’ support at work, and training and career development, with work-family conflict as the most significant, and for the consequences, namely, psychological, emotional, physical, performance, and behavioral with psychological effect as the most significant. The findings of the study could help managers, designers, planners, and ergonomists in making more informed and proactive decisions while attempting to prevent or control the stress phenomenon in the T&C sector. Moreover, the study highlights the need for gaining more in-depth insight into the work-stress phenomenon proactively so that the effectiveness of intervention strategies might be assured.
Highlights
Academic Editor: Kandasamy Jayakrishna e textile and clothing (T&C) sector plays an important role in the growth and industrial development of emerging economies
E exploratory factor analysis (EFA) yielded 10 components (34 items) for the antecedents and 5 components (20 items) for the consequences of stress. e instrument for consequences (CPS) was composed of “22” items; the deployment of the EFA on the data collected resulted in 5 components comprising “20” items. e components extracted for the antecedents as well as for the consequences described an adequate cumulative variance of 70.6% and 67.2%, respectively, surpassing the threshold of 60%. e extraction of the components was done based on the screen plot approach
H1.1: existence of the physical hazards at the workplace is positively correlated with the work stress H1.2: absence of role clarity is positively correlated with the work stress
Summary
Academic Editor: Kandasamy Jayakrishna e textile and clothing (T&C) sector plays an important role in the growth and industrial development of emerging economies. Is study aims at exploring the antecedents and consequences of work stress and how different causes of stress influence perceived stress among the employees of the textile and clothing organizations in Pakistan. This study aims at finding the causes and consequences of workplace stress and investigates the relationships of different contributing and resulting factors with the perceived stress in T&C sector organizations. Using exploratory sequential mixed methods’ design, instruments for measuring antecedents and consequences of work stress were developed Later, using these instruments and Cohen’s PSS-10 scale, data were collected for the antecedents and consequences of work stress, as well as for the perceived stress. E results obtained through these techniques can be used to understand the role of different factors causing stress at work, and how each of them impacts the employees’ perceived stress level. Investigation of the causes in terms of their impact on perceived stress levels may help to reduce high impact causes, which, in turn, will result in promoting more effective and sustainable intervention mechanisms at work
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