Determinants of Job Stress and Its Relationship on Employee Job Performance
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2017
Pages:
1-10
Received:
31 December 2016
Accepted:
10 January 2017
Published:
3 February 2017
Abstract: Stress happens in workplaces and it arises at different levels. Job stress is becoming an alarming situation in the workplace. This study is aimed at determining job stress variables that affect employee performance. It also determine the relationship between job stress and employee performance. To achieve this objective, the study was conducted to Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in Al-Bahja Center to 65 respondents. The study employed the descriptive research design using the survey questionnaires as its instruments and utilized the purposive sampling to obtain the sample. Originally. Questionnaires were distributed to 80 respondents but only 65 questionnaires were retrieved and analyzed. Highlights of the findings indicated that, there is significant relationship between job stress and employee performance with r=0.955. When analyzed the independent variables individually using regression analysis, results revealed that both independent variables: underutilization of skills and work overload significantly correlates to employee performance with p-values 0.000 (p=0.000<0.05) and 0.033 (p=0.033<0.05 respective which were lower than 0.05 level of confidence while there was no significant relationship between role ambiguity (p=0.324>0.05) and employee performance. Based on these findings, it can be recommended that the company should consider underutilization of skills and work overload as predictors of employee performance. The company should put consideration on developing the skills of the employees and tapping their potentials. The Human Resource Department may conduct as appropriate skills inventory to identify talents and potentials of employees with proper motivation as well as revisit their policies on promotion. However, it also recommended that further studies can be conducted to consider larger sample, scope and more variables as appropriate to arrive at more reflective results.
Abstract: Stress happens in workplaces and it arises at different levels. Job stress is becoming an alarming situation in the workplace. This study is aimed at determining job stress variables that affect employee performance. It also determine the relationship between job stress and employee performance. To achieve this objective, the study was conducted to...
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Engineering a Woman: Marketing Opportunities and Challenges in India
Mahajan P. T.,
Golahit S. B.
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2017
Pages:
11-22
Received:
6 February 2017
Accepted:
17 February 2017
Published:
2 March 2017
Abstract: Engineering plays a key role in supporting the growth and development of a country’s economy as well as in improving the quality of life for citizens. Most of developed countries witnessed economic growth with the contribution of women in engineering field. In developing countries like India women remained under-utilized resource. Women in engineering are probably the single best investment that can be made in the developing world. There is clearly room for improvement – not only in recruiting women into engineering, but also in retaining and promoting those women who wish and do enter the profession. This study was designed to investigate a perception and determination of undergraduate women towards accessing Engineering Education. The study has highlighted women’s perceptions and experiences on accessing engineering education through institute’s Marketing Mix strategies which enables women to take up strategic positions to enjoy success in engineering education and career. Findings of this study revealed that women students in engineering are better satisfied and act of referring services/program to others is higher than men students in terms of numbers for a particular set of marketing mix applied to gender. A qualitative research survey through a structured questionnaire for the students who are studying or have recently completed their engineering education from reputed engineering institutes affiliated to the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India was conducted. The study discloses women’s approach to engineering education in terms of marketing mix; program, price, place, promotion, people, physical evidence and process. Women tended to rate most the marketing criteria as having a higher level of importance than men. Women needed more communal support while making decision making of selection of engineering education. The survey is delimited to the engineering education belonging to North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon and Khandesh region, a rural part of India. Findings of the study will be useful for the institutes and direct and indirect service providers of engineering education in developing a communication program and should be utilized and integrated into all aspects of the marketing program to attract women in engineering.
Abstract: Engineering plays a key role in supporting the growth and development of a country’s economy as well as in improving the quality of life for citizens. Most of developed countries witnessed economic growth with the contribution of women in engineering field. In developing countries like India women remained under-utilized resource. Women in engineer...
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