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Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor

This paper presents a study of occupational stress experienced by bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The objectives of the study are i) to identify contributing factors leading to high stress among bus drivers and ii) to investigate the effect of occupational stress on bus drivers....

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Main Authors: Morshidi, N. A. A., Norafneeza, N.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2019
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TP Chemical technology
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88803/1/NorafneezaNorazahar2019_InvestigatingOccupationalStressAmongBusDrivers.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88803/
http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199003003
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spelling my.utm.888032020-12-29T04:25:38Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88803/ Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Morshidi, N. A. A. Norafneeza, N. TP Chemical technology This paper presents a study of occupational stress experienced by bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The objectives of the study are i) to identify contributing factors leading to high stress among bus drivers and ii) to investigate the effect of occupational stress on bus drivers. A set of questionnaires consisting of demographic information, stressors leading to occupational stress, and strain of occupational stress was distributed to fifteen bus drivers working in UTM. The study used Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyse the data and correlation between the contributing factors and occupational stress among the bus drivers. Poor design of bus seat was identified as the leading factors to occupational stress among bus drivers. The bus drivers felt uncomfortable seating and driving for long hours. The seat is not ergonomic to bus driver's back and body frame. Fatigue, headache, and dizzy are common effects of occupational stress to the bus drivers. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88803/1/NorafneezaNorazahar2019_InvestigatingOccupationalStressAmongBusDrivers.pdf Morshidi, N. A. A. and Norafneeza, N. (2019) Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor. In: 7th Conference on Emerging Energy and Process Technology, CONCEPT 2018, 27-28 Nov 2018, Thistle Hotel Johor, Malaysia. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199003003
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TP Chemical technology
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Morshidi, N. A. A.
Norafneeza, N.
Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor
description This paper presents a study of occupational stress experienced by bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The objectives of the study are i) to identify contributing factors leading to high stress among bus drivers and ii) to investigate the effect of occupational stress on bus drivers. A set of questionnaires consisting of demographic information, stressors leading to occupational stress, and strain of occupational stress was distributed to fifteen bus drivers working in UTM. The study used Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyse the data and correlation between the contributing factors and occupational stress among the bus drivers. Poor design of bus seat was identified as the leading factors to occupational stress among bus drivers. The bus drivers felt uncomfortable seating and driving for long hours. The seat is not ergonomic to bus driver's back and body frame. Fatigue, headache, and dizzy are common effects of occupational stress to the bus drivers.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Morshidi, N. A. A.
Norafneeza, N.
author_facet Morshidi, N. A. A.
Norafneeza, N.
author_sort Morshidi, N. A. A.
title Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor
title_short Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor
title_full Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor
title_fullStr Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor
title_full_unstemmed Investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor
title_sort investigating occupational stress among bus drivers in universiti teknologi malaysia, johor
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88803/1/NorafneezaNorazahar2019_InvestigatingOccupationalStressAmongBusDrivers.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88803/
http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199003003
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