Affect Work Stress Research Articles

Egyptian Teachers’ Burnout: The Role of Work Environment Characteristics and Job Stress

Recent research has pinpointed the serious effects of job burnout on both personal life and productivity in work. Yet, there is a gap in the research directed to service professions in developing countries. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between work environment, stress and burnout within the Egyptian context. The research proposes that stress mediates the relationship between work environment characteristics and burnout. An explanatory model was tested for the hypothesized relationships. The study was conducted on 325 Egyptian teachers with a response rate of 79.9% (250 teacher). The proposed model included 10 work environment components measured by the Work Environment Scale (WES) that affect work stress, which, in turn, may lead to burnout measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Confirmatory factor analysis, hierarchical regression and path analysis were used to test the data fit for the hypothesized model. The results confirmed the proposed relationships between 7 components of work environment (involvement, work cohesion, supervisor’s support, autonomy, work pressure, physical comfort, and innovation), stress, and burnout components. The mediation effect was confirmed. This results could help fill the gap in the study of burnout and burnout antecedents within the Egyptian context by highlighting the importance of specific work components that do not receive much attention in Egypt, especially innovation and autonomy. The study suggests that decision makers in schools should reconsider the work environment to give more space for autonomy and innovation, provide a comfortable physical environment and ensure supervisor support. The study propose several variables that should be investigated in future studies.

Combined Effects of Parenting in Childhood and Resilience on Work Stress in Nonclinical Adult Workers From the Community.

BackgroundStress responses induced by job stressors are modified by individual factors. Perceived parental bonding and resilience would play important roles as such individual factors. In this study, we analyzed the mediating roles of resilience on parenting, job stressors, and stress responses among adult workers from the community.MethodsA total of 528 workers participated in this study after providing written consent, and completed questionnaires on demographic data, as well as Parental Bonding Instrument, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and Brief Job Stress Questionnaire. Associations between perceived parental bonding, resilience, perceived job stressors, and the psychological and physical stress response (PPSR) were analyzed using structural equation modeling.ResultsStructural equation modeling with covariance structure analysis showed that parental overprotection reduced resilience and increased perceived job stressors and PPSR. Resilience and perceived job stressors and their combination mediated the effect of parental overprotection on PPSR. Resilience mediated the effect of parental overprotection on perceived job stressors. Perceived job stressors mediated the effect of resilience on PPSR. Parental care had opposite effects to parental overprotection, but the difference was small.ConclusionIn this study, we showed that perceived parental bonding affects resilience, and that both factors affect the stress response and perceived job stressors. These findings suggest that parental bonding and resilience are major individual factors affecting work stress, and should be noted when considering industrial hygiene measures for individual workers.

Work hard, play hard…or maybe not: A look at the relationships between workaholism, work-leisure conflict, and work stress

Relationships between workaholism, work-leisure conflict, and work stress were examined. The sample consisted of 339 working adults in the United States. Workaholism was positively correlated with work stress. Additionally, work leisure conflict was positively related to both workaholism and work stress. Moreover, though not a significant moderator, work-leisure conflict was a significant mediator between workaholism and work stress such that workaholism leads to increased work-leisure conflict, which in turn leads to heightened work stress. The results establish workaholism’s wide reach as it can also affect work stress through other variables, such as work-leisure conflict. Developing interventions for work-leisure conflict can especially help workaholics reduce their work stress, as they might find it easier than lowering their workaholic behaviors.

How Daily FSSB and Ethical Leadership Affect Work Stress for Chinese Public Servants

Employees’ work stress has been studied extensively. This study investigates how day-to-day family supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB hereafter) affect daily subordinates’ work stress. 137 employees responded to daily surveys for 10 days. With a total of 1370 surveys, the results showed that daily FSSB was positively related to daily subordinates’ positive emotions, and ethical leadership positively moderated the relationship between the two. In addition, daily FSSB and daily subordinates’ positive emotions had negative effect on daily work stress, which provided evidence that daily subordinates’ positive emotions played a mediating role in the relation of daily FSSB and daily work stress.

Factors affecting work stress in university

<span>Workload and work motivation are factors that can affect work stress. <br /> This study aims to empirically examine the effect of workload and work motivation on work stress on employees at X University. The research participants were non-educational employees at X University, <br /> have permanent employee status, and had worked for at least 1 year. <br /> The sampling technique used was simple random sampling technique. <br /> Data collection was carried out using workload scale, work motivation scale and work stress scale. Data analysis using multiple linear regression techniques. The results showed that workload and work motivation simultaneously affect work stress. Similarly, workload and work motivation independently also has a very significant influence on work stress.</span>

The impact of work-family conflict on work stress and job satisfaction among Macau table game dealers

The present study highlights the significance of work-family conflict as one of the most important factors affecting work stress and job satisfaction. This paper also examines its impact in a mediating role between work stress and job satisfaction. The respondents for this study consisted of 542 table game dealers working in six enterprises in Macau. The results show that gender, education and working experience have no significant difference on work stress and work-family conflict in the personal data analysis. But being under 35 years old, single, or married with no child means dealers have significant work stress and work-family conflicts. Nevertheless, female table game dealers have more job satisfaction than male table game dealers. The findings revealed that dealers’ work-family conflicts partially mediated the relationship between work stress and job satisfaction. The implications of these results are discussed, and recommendations are made regarding future research in this area.Abbreviations: WS: work stress; WFC: work-family conflict; JS: job satisfaction

Analysis of Factor Affecting Work Stress for Employees in Pamekasan Nursing Academy

Each workplace always feeds on the potential hazards that may affect the health of the workforce or may cause work-related illness. Psychic disorder is a potential hazard that is often overlooked when the potential of this psychic hazard is also an important factor that needs to be considered in relation to the mental health of workers. Factors that are suspected to be stressors of work stress are the personality, workload, organizational structure and climate, career development and work environment. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that affect the work stress of employees Akper Pemkab Pamekasan.
 The type of this research is quantitative research with analytic observational research design with cross sectional approach. The study was conducted on 12 to 23 February 2018 at Akper Pemkab Pamekasan with a population of 42 employees. The sample size is 38 respondents. The independent variables are personality, workload, organizational structure and climate, career development and work environment. Variable dependent is work stress of Akper employees Pamekasan regency. data were collected using questionnaires. Data were analyzed using logistic regression test with α = 0,05.
 The results showed that variable X1 (personality) with p = 0,639; OR = 13,749, Variable X4 (career development) with p = 0,028; OR = 15.270, variable X5 (working environment) with p = 0.999; OR = 1,460. So it can be concluded that the dominant factor and influence work stress employees Akper Pemkab Pamekasan is career development factor with the influence of 15.270.
 Employee career development that does not satisfy the cause of work stress so it is necessary to provide information and communication in a transparent and accountable about the mechanism of career development level in accordance with the performance.

The Correlation of Organizational Role Stressors with Stress Level of ICU Nurses

Introduction : Work stress which is often experienced by ICU nurses may affects nurse’s performance, nurse’s health and wealth so that the factors which may affect work stress such as organizational role stressors must be noticed. This study was aimed to explain the correlation between organizational role stressors and work stress level in ICU Nurses.Methods : This study used cross-sectional design involved 13 respondents, taken by purposive sampling. The independent variable was organizational role stressors and the dependent variable was work stress. Data were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed using Spearman’s rho with level of significance α ≤ 0.05.Results : Results showed that there was no significant correlation between organizational role stressors and work stress level in ICU nurses with significance value p ≤ 0.139.Conclusion :It can be concluded that the organizational role stressors had no correlation with work stress level because there are so many factors that may affect work stress in ICU nurses. Discussion : Role overload however was experienced by ICU nurses as a mild stressors. This indicates the importance of increasing nurse’s quality and quantity by training and recruiting new nursing staffs.

The effect of organizational loads on work stress, emotional commitment, and turnover intention

In the success of institutions, the peace and quality of the business life of human resources play an important role. The organizational load on employees can affect both individual and organizational stress, their turnover intention, and emotional commitment. Therefore, institutional stress and commitment have become the subject of many studies. In this study, we investigate the effects of responsibility load and workload on work stress, emotional commitment, and turnover intention, using a sample that consists of academics employed in state universities in Turkey. Data analyzed in this study were collected via questionnaires from the academics (n = 1043). The results indicated that workload and responsibility load affect work stress; work load and responsibility load affect emotional commitment; and work load affects turnover intention, while responsibility load has no effect on it.

Analysis of status and affected factors of work stress of nursing assistant in nursing home

Objective To investigate work stress state of nursing home staff and to analyze the influential factors affecting work stress. Methods Stratified random sampling method was adopted to investigate 180 nursing assistants by self-designed questionnaire, Work Stress Scale(WSS), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire and internal-external locus of control scale investigation. Results Totally 174 valid questionnaires were collected. Variance analysis revealed there were significant differences of age and other factors. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed five variables entered the equation, including workexpenence education level number of the cared ages work scheduline coping stule and explain 56.7% of the total variable. Conclusion Nurse managers should pay attention to and improve achievement sense and mental adjustment ability of nursing assistants, to build a well-organized support system to reduce the workload. Key words: Nursing assistants; Stress; Coping styles; Locus of mental control; Influential factors