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Perceived job stress of women workers in diverse manufacturing industries
Author(s) -
Lu Jinky Leilanie
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing and service industries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1520-6564
pISSN - 1090-8471
DOI - 10.1002/hfm.20026
Subject(s) - autonomy , occupational stress , job design , psychology , job stress , applied psychology , work (physics) , hazard , quality (philosophy) , hazardous waste , business , job performance , operations management , environmental health , job satisfaction , social psychology , engineering , medicine , political science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , epistemology , law , waste management
An investigation of the impact of organizational factors on perceived job stress among women workers in the IT‐dominated garment and electronics industries in the Philippines was undertaken. The sample included 23 establishments with 630 women respondents. Questionnaires, walk‐through surveys of the industries, and interviews were done. The workplace factors included the content of the job, the nature of tasks, job autonomy, hazard exposure, and management and supervisory styles. Chi‐square analysis showed that there were interactions among the organizational factors ( P = 0.05 and 0.10). These factors included the need for better quality and new products; tasks requiring intense concentration; exposure to radiation, chemical, noise, and vapor hazards; standing for prolonged periods of time; and highly monitored, repetitious work. Workers experienced job stress ( P = .05) when they were subjected to low job autonomy, poor work quality, close monitoring, and hazardous work pressure. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Hum Factors Man 15: 275–291, 2005.