Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender

COVID-19 has a dramatic impact on employees and workplaces around the world including Malaysia. More public and private organizations are offering work from home as an alternative method of working for their employees. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing stress due to working from h...

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Main Authors: Shirlene Jane Nicole, Nur Asikin Samsuddin, Beatrice Jane Anak Ipot, Mohamad Kefli Mohd Amir
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spelling my.ums.eprints.327462022-06-09T03:46:34Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32746/ Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender Shirlene Jane Nicole Nur Asikin Samsuddin Beatrice Jane Anak Ipot Mohamad Kefli Mohd Amir BF511-593 Affection. Feeling. Emotion HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial psychology RA440-440.87 Study and teaching. Research COVID-19 has a dramatic impact on employees and workplaces around the world including Malaysia. More public and private organizations are offering work from home as an alternative method of working for their employees. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing stress due to working from home in comparison based on gender. Because of the pandemic variables that lead work from home to arise, researchers make a big contribution to stress. Even so, stress has some adverse effects on mental and physical health. The focus of this paper is to highlight the differences between gender on such perceptions and their relationship to the mental and physical of respondents. A survey of 50 respondents was conducted for this study. To get the results, we applied correlation approaches, descriptive analysis, and regression analysis. The reliability statistics Cronbach’s alpha was used to assess the reliability of the scale utilized in this study as well as the internal consistency of the survey questionnaire. This study concludes that there are differences between men and women on perceptions of control and support demands with job stress, stress-related to family life, time and energy in general and institutional factors in particular. This job stress has a relationship to both mental and physical. Penerbit UMS 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32746/1/Factors%20That%20Influence%20Stress%20Due%20to%20Working%20from%20Home.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32746/2/Factors%20That%20Influence%20Stress%20Due%20to%20Working%20from%20Home1.pdf Shirlene Jane Nicole and Nur Asikin Samsuddin and Beatrice Jane Anak Ipot and Mohamad Kefli Mohd Amir (2021) Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender. Malaysian Journal of Business and Economics (MJBE), 8. pp. 59-73. ISSN 2289-6856 (P-ISSN) , 2289-8018 (E-ISSN) https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/mjbe/article/view/3663/2418
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topic BF511-593 Affection. Feeling. Emotion
HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial psychology
RA440-440.87 Study and teaching. Research
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HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial psychology
RA440-440.87 Study and teaching. Research
Shirlene Jane Nicole
Nur Asikin Samsuddin
Beatrice Jane Anak Ipot
Mohamad Kefli Mohd Amir
Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender
description COVID-19 has a dramatic impact on employees and workplaces around the world including Malaysia. More public and private organizations are offering work from home as an alternative method of working for their employees. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing stress due to working from home in comparison based on gender. Because of the pandemic variables that lead work from home to arise, researchers make a big contribution to stress. Even so, stress has some adverse effects on mental and physical health. The focus of this paper is to highlight the differences between gender on such perceptions and their relationship to the mental and physical of respondents. A survey of 50 respondents was conducted for this study. To get the results, we applied correlation approaches, descriptive analysis, and regression analysis. The reliability statistics Cronbach’s alpha was used to assess the reliability of the scale utilized in this study as well as the internal consistency of the survey questionnaire. This study concludes that there are differences between men and women on perceptions of control and support demands with job stress, stress-related to family life, time and energy in general and institutional factors in particular. This job stress has a relationship to both mental and physical.
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author Shirlene Jane Nicole
Nur Asikin Samsuddin
Beatrice Jane Anak Ipot
Mohamad Kefli Mohd Amir
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Nur Asikin Samsuddin
Beatrice Jane Anak Ipot
Mohamad Kefli Mohd Amir
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title Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender
title_short Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender
title_full Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender
title_fullStr Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender
title_full_unstemmed Factors That Influence Stress Due to Working from Home: A Comparison Based on Gender
title_sort factors that influence stress due to working from home: a comparison based on gender
publisher Penerbit UMS
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32746/1/Factors%20That%20Influence%20Stress%20Due%20to%20Working%20from%20Home.pdf
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