A Study on Impact of Work Stress among Mat Factory Workers in Kano – Nigeria in 2015
سال انتشار: 1395
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
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JR_IJHSE-4-2_004
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 17 مرداد 1396
چکیده مقاله:
The focus of this study is to find out the level of work stress and the major causes of work stress among mat factory workers in Kano - Nigeria. 140 sets of questionnaire were distributed to the mat workers and 121 questionnaires come back to the researchers (response rate: 86.43%). 106 workers were male representing 87.60%. Their average age was 32.52 ±4.50 and average working experience was 10.4±6.4. The data collected were analyzed using Henry Garrett ranking method the results of the study identifies management attitude towards worker (difficult relationships with administrators and/ or coworkers, managerial bullying, harassment, etc.) as one of the major cause of stress among mat factory workers. Others include and not limited to toxic work environment, negative workload, types of hours worked, role conflict, lack of autonomy, career development barriers, and organizational climate. Some of the symptoms of stress shows that feeling tired, depressed and anxious rank first (65.04), experiencing headache and blood pressure rank second (55.70), unable to relax, concentrate and sleep third (54.62), others are distressed and irritable 951.64), low back pain, Joint & neck pain 951.45), increased absenteeism (42.80), increase alcohol and smoking (42.09), decrease commitment to work (41.12), lastly was the moodiness and feeling lonely 940.36). From the results it shows that mat factory workers in Kano – Nigeria are working under heavy stress.
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نویسندگان
Olatunde Ajani Oyelaran
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ikole Campus, Federal University, Oye –Ekiti, Nigeria
Yau Yusuf Tudunwada
Heavy Equipment and Machinery Development Institute, Bauchi, Nigeria
James Kehinde Abidoye
Hydraulic Equipment Development Institute, Kumbotso - Kano, Nigeria
Olawale Mansur Sanusi
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ikole Campus, Federal University, Oye –Ekiti, Nigeria