BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to verify a path model of job stress using Thai-JCQ. METHODS The population of this cross-sectional study was 800 immigrant employees in the central region of Thailand in 2015 by stratified random sampling. Instruments used both the applied and standard questionnaires. Job stress was measured using Thai-JCQ dealt with psychosocial work factors. A path mode...

OBJECTIVES A growing body of literature has documented that job stress is associated with the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). However, the association of WMSDs with job stress has not yet been fully studied in Korean male firefighters. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of WMSDs in almost all Korean male firefighters and to clarify the effect of...

PURPOSE To investigate (a) the effect of job-related stress on job performance among hospital nurses, and (b) the effect of social support from coworkers on the stress-performance relationship. DESIGN A correlational descriptive survey was used to investigate these relationships among a convenience sample of 263 American hospital nurses and 40 non-American nurses who were accessible via the I...

in india, a survey indicates the prevalence of 30 times increase in hypertension among urban dwellers, compared with 10 times in rural inhabitants. 1 urbanization together with a change in life style, diet, and job stress, has been attributed in causing hypertension.stress can cause hypertension by elevating the blood pressure (bp) and by stimulating the nervous system leading to the production...

conclusions the analysis of the reliability and validity of the persian version of the hse questionnaire showed that it is a useful and reliable measure to analyze work-related stress. background job stress has recently been regarded as a risk factor for some diseases. objectives in this study, we standardized the persian version of the hse management standards indicator tool and studied the ps...

introduction: the nursing staff, compared to other professions, have less healthy work environment and always face a lot of job stress. the quality of the relationship between nurses and physicians has a significant impact on nurses. thus, the aim of the present study was to determine the correlation between job stress for nurses with professional communication between nurses and physicians. ma...

This study examined the role of organizational commitment in the relationship of job stress and job performance among employees working in a large North American based multinational corporation in Malaysia (N=305) and Pakistan (N=325). Data were collected by means of a structured questionnaire from employees on job stress and organizational commitment. Job performance data were obtained from th...

This study in 2004 and 2005 aimed to present the pattern of job stress among car manufacturing workers in one factory in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to assess its relationship with occupational injuries. Data were collected from 608 male workers (508 at-risk general workers and 100 with injuries in the last year). Job stress was assessed by the Belkic occupational stress index. The preval...