Haji Omid Kalteh; Ali Tajpoor; Seyed Hojat Mousavi Kordmiri
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Background: Teachers are exposed to work stress due to high workload, role conflict, and environmental conditions that affect their performance. The present study investigates the mediating role of occupational burnout between job stress and job performance among Iranian teachers.Methods: This is a cross-sectional ...
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Background: Teachers are exposed to work stress due to high workload, role conflict, and environmental conditions that affect their performance. The present study investigates the mediating role of occupational burnout between job stress and job performance among Iranian teachers.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, and the participants were 292 high school teachers in Golestan province in 2019. To collect the data, we used three questionnaires of the Maslach burnout inventory, Paterson’s job performance questionnaire, and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress indicator tool. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation test, and structural equation modelling.Results: The findings showed that 19.9% of teachers had burnout. The SEM indicated a negative and significant relationship between occupational burnout (β=-0.226) and job performance and job stress and job performance (β=-0.428). The mediating role of occupational burnout between job stress and job performance in teachers was confirmed.Conclusion: Occupational burnout is a mediating variable for the impact of job stressors on human performance. The findings of this study showed that role conflict and the quality of the relationship between colleagues could be recognized as two stressors affecting performance.
Seyed Yaser Hashemi; Mojtaba Emkani; Azizallah Dehghan; Reza Kalantari; Milad Gholami
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Background: Job stress is one of the most hazardous factors in workplace that endangers the workers’ public health physically and psychologically. Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the general health status and occupational stress of workers in an electrical tablet production industry ...
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Background: Job stress is one of the most hazardous factors in workplace that endangers the workers’ public health physically and psychologically. Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the general health status and occupational stress of workers in an electrical tablet production industry in Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 110 workers employed in electrical industry. The data were gathered by using demographic features questionnaire, general health questionnaire (GHQ), and job stress questionnaire (OSIPOW). The questionnaires were completed by interview to minimize the error in the data collection stage. Data were analyzed using SPSS (ver.20). A p Results: 63.6% of the participants in this study were in inappropriate general health status. There was a significant difference between the total score of general health and education level (P=0.04). Also, there was a significant difference (P<0.05) in working time in administrative and non-administrative parts. A significant relationship was observed between inefficiency and dichotomy of job stress with the total level of general health (P<0.05). Conclusions: Education and job stress are effective factors on the workers working in this industry.
Rezvan Zare; Alireza Choobineh; Sareh Keshavarzi
Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2016, , Pages 115-120
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Background: Working conditions have considerably changed and exposure to psychosocial risk factors, particularly occupational stress, has recently had an increasing trend. Studies have shown that sickness absence was the worst outcome of occupational stress. The present study aimed to assess the relationship ...
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Background: Working conditions have considerably changed and exposure to psychosocial risk factors, particularly occupational stress, has recently had an increasing trend. Studies have shown that sickness absence was the worst outcome of occupational stress. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between dimensions of occupational stress and sickness absence in a gas company in Boushehr, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 employees of a gas company, Boushehr, Iran who were selected through random sampling. Osipow occupational stress questionnaire was used to determine the participants’ stress levels. Then, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: The participants’ mean of sickness absence was 2.164.57± days per year. Besides, 1.5%, 32.5%, 36.3%, and 29.8% of the participants had low, low to moderate, moderate to severe, and severe occupational stress, respectively. Additionally, the mean of total stress was moderate to severe among the study participants. This was also the case concerning the stress dimensions. The results revealed a significant relationship between the number of sickness absences and dimensions of occupational stress, including workload, role insufficiency, role conflict, responsibility, physical environment, and total stress (P=0.0001). Conclusion: The majority of the employees had high levels of occupational stress. Besides, a significant association was observed between the dimensions of occupational stress and sickness absence. Accordingly, to decrease the number of sickness absence, we should take measures to reduce occupational stress.
