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Influence Of Work Schedule And Occupational Stress On Job Satisfaction
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Although, researchers
have come to agree that stress is found in every organization,
industries and in every day’s live of all human existence; many factors
have been advanced by theorists to affect individual’s job satisfaction.
Paramount amongst them is occupational stress. Organizational changes
coupled with economic meltdown and depressions have produced its
casualties at both organizational and individual level resulting in
stress and conflict.
According to Cooper (2005), high incidence of
stress throughout organizations irrespective of job satisfaction and
involvement stress is individually analyzed and every employee has a
range of satisfaction which they can feel steady and safe. For MCkenna
(1999), stress entails any situation that is seen as burdensome,
threatening ambiguous or boring and is likely to affect free flow of
performance and satisfaction. A satisfied employee who is committed and
involved in his or her job should not encounter stressful circumstances,
but Mullins (1999) argued that one potential source of work stress
arises from role incongruence and positional role conflict that are not
compatible with individual training and experience. Mbieli (2007), noted
that occupational stress could act to activate people into action with
possible positive stress response is a stressor. Stress occurs when the
magnitude of the stressor exceeds the individual’s capacity to resist.
For instance, workload is stressor or something that caused a person to
feel stressed when he thinks that he is unable to cope with the large
workload. Six sources of stress or occupational stressors, were
categorized in the occupational stress indicator (OSI) thus: factors
intrinsic organizational structure and climate, and home/work interface.
Cooper & Cartwright (1996) reiterated that these are main sources
of stress at work, arguing that they are applicable to different
occupations.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study investigated influence of work schedule and occupational stress on job satisfaction among hospital workers in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Two hundred and sixty-four (264) participants were used for the study; their ages ranged from 18 to 62 years with a mean age of 33.74 years. An ex-post facto design was adopted of the study. Valid questionnaires were used for data collection which were Occupational Stress Scale developed by American Institute of Stress ... Continue reading---
