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Occupational stress and family difficulities of employees in Nepalese enterprises / Ambika Niroula
Title : Occupational stress and family difficulities of employees in Nepalese enterprises Material Type: printed text Authors: Ambika Niroula, Author Publication Date: 2018 Pagination: 104p. Size: GRP/Thesis Accompanying material: 11/B Languages : English Descriptors: Stress (Psychology)
Work-Psychological aspectsClass number: 616.890 Abstract: Stress is a status that happens when individuals recognize that the conditions or strains facing them may be more than their endurance. The term job stress can defined as a group of external harmful factors in the work environment, which may be psychological, physical or social (Greenberg and Baron, 2007). Stress is a condition of perceived tension between demands and resources at a work environment they face if they failed to meet the demands from the organization (Doble and Supriya, 2011). Job stress is generally identified as an adverse reaction people have to excess pressure or demands placed on them at work (Wickramasinghe, 2012). One of the major factor that contributes to the work stress is organization poorly defines task, authoritarian decisions, responsibility transfer, conflicts and loss of work (Miteva et al. (2005).
The major purpose of this study is to the major purpose of the study is to examine the impact of occupational stress on family difficulties in Nepalese enterprises. The study has following specific objectives to analyzed the perception of employees on role ambiguity, task overload, job security, cooperation, leadership opportunity, and growth opportunity of Nepalese enterprises, to analyze the impact of role ambiguity, task overload, job security, cooperation, leadership opportunity and growth opportunity on family cohesion and family conflict, find out most important factors affecting family difficulties, to find out the difference in the impact of occupational stress on family difficulties on the basis of gender, family structure and organization type .
The study is based on primary data which includes 13 bank and financial institutions, 5 insurance companies, 4 hydropower companies, 4 construction companies and 5 trading companies within Kathmandu valley. Total number of observation for the study consists of 177 respondents for analyzing the relationship between the occupational stress and family difficulties. For the selection of the sample respondent, convenience sampling has been used. The instrument for data collection was via questionnaire method. Self-administered survey questionnaire was used as the main primary data gathering instrument to assess the opinion of employees regarding the occupational stress and its impact on family cohesion, family conflict. The questionnaire contained the respondent personal detail and the Likert scale questions. The result shows that that there is a negative relationship between work overload, role ambiguity, cooperation, job insecurity family size and family cohesion. The study also found that there is positive relationship between leadership opportunity, growth opportunity and family cohesion.
This study found that there is a positive relationship between work overload, role ambiguity, cooperation, job insecurity and family conflict. The beta coefficient for leadership opportunity is positive and significant for family cohesion. Similarly, the beta coefficient for growth opportunity is positive and significant for family cohesion. Beta coefficient for role ambiguity and cooperation are positive and significant for family conflict. However, beta coefficient for leadership opportunity and growth opportunity are negative and significant for family conflict.
The major conclusion of this study is that occupational stress has negative relationship with family relationship of employees working in Nepalese enterprises. The study concludes that role ambiguity, cooperation, Leadership opportunity and growth opportunity prominent factor affecting family cohesion of employees working in Nepalese enterprises. The study shows that is there is higher role ambiguity and cooperation in the organization lower would be family cohesion. Similarly study also shows that employees’ family cohesion would be higher if organization provides leadership opportunity and growth opportunity to its employee. Likewise, role ambiguity, cooperation, leadership opportunities growth opportunities are the major factor affecting family conflict of working people of Nepalese enterprises. The study reveals that if there is higher role ambiguity, cooperation, job insecurity in the workplace higher would be family conflict.
The study also concludes that there is gender wise difference on task overload, role ambiguity and leadership opportunity provided by the organization to male and female employees. Similarly, there is no difference between organizational stress factor and family relationship factor due to family structure. Likewise, employees’ perception on task overload, role ambiguity, cooperation and family conflict is differing from organization types. The result can be attributed to inefficient human resource policy or imperfect functioning of theof management of Nepalese enterprises.
Occupational stress and family difficulities of employees in Nepalese enterprises [printed text] / Ambika Niroula, Author . - 2018 . - 104p. ; GRP/Thesis + 11/B.
Languages : English
Descriptors: Stress (Psychology)
Work-Psychological aspectsClass number: 616.890 Abstract: Stress is a status that happens when individuals recognize that the conditions or strains facing them may be more than their endurance. The term job stress can defined as a group of external harmful factors in the work environment, which may be psychological, physical or social (Greenberg and Baron, 2007). Stress is a condition of perceived tension between demands and resources at a work environment they face if they failed to meet the demands from the organization (Doble and Supriya, 2011). Job stress is generally identified as an adverse reaction people have to excess pressure or demands placed on them at work (Wickramasinghe, 2012). One of the major factor that contributes to the work stress is organization poorly defines task, authoritarian decisions, responsibility transfer, conflicts and loss of work (Miteva et al. (2005).
The major purpose of this study is to the major purpose of the study is to examine the impact of occupational stress on family difficulties in Nepalese enterprises. The study has following specific objectives to analyzed the perception of employees on role ambiguity, task overload, job security, cooperation, leadership opportunity, and growth opportunity of Nepalese enterprises, to analyze the impact of role ambiguity, task overload, job security, cooperation, leadership opportunity and growth opportunity on family cohesion and family conflict, find out most important factors affecting family difficulties, to find out the difference in the impact of occupational stress on family difficulties on the basis of gender, family structure and organization type .
The study is based on primary data which includes 13 bank and financial institutions, 5 insurance companies, 4 hydropower companies, 4 construction companies and 5 trading companies within Kathmandu valley. Total number of observation for the study consists of 177 respondents for analyzing the relationship between the occupational stress and family difficulties. For the selection of the sample respondent, convenience sampling has been used. The instrument for data collection was via questionnaire method. Self-administered survey questionnaire was used as the main primary data gathering instrument to assess the opinion of employees regarding the occupational stress and its impact on family cohesion, family conflict. The questionnaire contained the respondent personal detail and the Likert scale questions. The result shows that that there is a negative relationship between work overload, role ambiguity, cooperation, job insecurity family size and family cohesion. The study also found that there is positive relationship between leadership opportunity, growth opportunity and family cohesion.
This study found that there is a positive relationship between work overload, role ambiguity, cooperation, job insecurity and family conflict. The beta coefficient for leadership opportunity is positive and significant for family cohesion. Similarly, the beta coefficient for growth opportunity is positive and significant for family cohesion. Beta coefficient for role ambiguity and cooperation are positive and significant for family conflict. However, beta coefficient for leadership opportunity and growth opportunity are negative and significant for family conflict.
The major conclusion of this study is that occupational stress has negative relationship with family relationship of employees working in Nepalese enterprises. The study concludes that role ambiguity, cooperation, Leadership opportunity and growth opportunity prominent factor affecting family cohesion of employees working in Nepalese enterprises. The study shows that is there is higher role ambiguity and cooperation in the organization lower would be family cohesion. Similarly study also shows that employees’ family cohesion would be higher if organization provides leadership opportunity and growth opportunity to its employee. Likewise, role ambiguity, cooperation, leadership opportunities growth opportunities are the major factor affecting family conflict of working people of Nepalese enterprises. The study reveals that if there is higher role ambiguity, cooperation, job insecurity in the workplace higher would be family conflict.
The study also concludes that there is gender wise difference on task overload, role ambiguity and leadership opportunity provided by the organization to male and female employees. Similarly, there is no difference between organizational stress factor and family relationship factor due to family structure. Likewise, employees’ perception on task overload, role ambiguity, cooperation and family conflict is differing from organization types. The result can be attributed to inefficient human resource policy or imperfect functioning of theof management of Nepalese enterprises.
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