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A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory

Occupational stress is a major hazard for many workers. Increasing workloads, downsizing, overtime and shift work are just a few the many causes of stressful working condition. Moreover unhealthy work organization will not only affect the work performance but will affect the worker's health as...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Nada, Abdul Rahman, Anita, Zakaria, Safial Eqbal, Chang, Wilson Vui Seng, Zainal, Zarith Afzan, Abdul Rahman, Siti Rahmah, Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2012
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spelling my.upm.eprints.681472019-05-09T01:44:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68147/ A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory Ismail, Nada Abdul Rahman, Anita Zakaria, Safial Eqbal Chang, Wilson Vui Seng Zainal, Zarith Afzan Abdul Rahman, Siti Rahmah Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah Occupational stress is a major hazard for many workers. Increasing workloads, downsizing, overtime and shift work are just a few the many causes of stressful working condition. Moreover unhealthy work organization will not only affect the work performance but will affect the worker's health as well. With this in mind, a study was conducted to determine the prevalence of occupational stress and to identify the association between the organizational factors with stress level among factory workers. Through a cross sectional study, 91 manufacturing workers were randomly sampled and data was collected using a questionnaire, namely the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). The validated self-administered Malay version of JCQ was used to verify the socio-demographic background, the stress level of the respondents and the factors contributed to work stress which is organizational factors. JCQ contains four factors which were the psychological demand (job demand), decision latitude (job control), social support and job insecurity. Overall the prevalence of occupational stress among the respondent was 25.3%. The result showed that there were significant associations between occupational stress and decision latitude (p<;0.001); psychological job demand (p<;0.001); and job insecurity (p=0.027). However, there was no significant association between occupational stress level and social support (p=0.433). This study showed that three out of four organizational factors had significant associations to occupational stress indicating unhealthy work organization. In addition as the prevalence is considered low, work stressors can be detected at an early stage. Therefore, preventive measure or intervention needs to implement accordingly to alleviate the negative consequences since the occupational stress can be considered as a major hazard for the workers. IEEE 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68147/1/A%20study%20of%20organizational%20factors%20in%20occupational%20stress%20problems%20among%20workers%20in%20a%20polymer%20manufacturing%20factory.pdf Ismail, Nada and Abdul Rahman, Anita and Zakaria, Safial Eqbal and Chang, Wilson Vui Seng and Zainal, Zarith Afzan and Abdul Rahman, Siti Rahmah and Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah (2012) A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory. In: 2012 Southeast Asian Network of Ergonomics Societies Conference (SEANES), 9-12 July 2012, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia. . 10.1109/SEANES.2012.6299559
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description Occupational stress is a major hazard for many workers. Increasing workloads, downsizing, overtime and shift work are just a few the many causes of stressful working condition. Moreover unhealthy work organization will not only affect the work performance but will affect the worker's health as well. With this in mind, a study was conducted to determine the prevalence of occupational stress and to identify the association between the organizational factors with stress level among factory workers. Through a cross sectional study, 91 manufacturing workers were randomly sampled and data was collected using a questionnaire, namely the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). The validated self-administered Malay version of JCQ was used to verify the socio-demographic background, the stress level of the respondents and the factors contributed to work stress which is organizational factors. JCQ contains four factors which were the psychological demand (job demand), decision latitude (job control), social support and job insecurity. Overall the prevalence of occupational stress among the respondent was 25.3%. The result showed that there were significant associations between occupational stress and decision latitude (p<;0.001); psychological job demand (p<;0.001); and job insecurity (p=0.027). However, there was no significant association between occupational stress level and social support (p=0.433). This study showed that three out of four organizational factors had significant associations to occupational stress indicating unhealthy work organization. In addition as the prevalence is considered low, work stressors can be detected at an early stage. Therefore, preventive measure or intervention needs to implement accordingly to alleviate the negative consequences since the occupational stress can be considered as a major hazard for the workers.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ismail, Nada
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Zakaria, Safial Eqbal
Chang, Wilson Vui Seng
Zainal, Zarith Afzan
Abdul Rahman, Siti Rahmah
Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah
spellingShingle Ismail, Nada
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Zakaria, Safial Eqbal
Chang, Wilson Vui Seng
Zainal, Zarith Afzan
Abdul Rahman, Siti Rahmah
Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah
A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory
author_facet Ismail, Nada
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Zakaria, Safial Eqbal
Chang, Wilson Vui Seng
Zainal, Zarith Afzan
Abdul Rahman, Siti Rahmah
Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah
author_sort Ismail, Nada
title A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory
title_short A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory
title_full A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory
title_fullStr A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory
title_full_unstemmed A study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory
title_sort study of organizational factors in occupational stress problems among workers in a polymer manufacturing factory
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2012
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