Occupational Stress and Family Difficulties of Working Women

Zarra-Nezhad, Maryam; Moazami-Goodarzi, Ali; Hasannejad, Leila; Roushani, Khadijeh

doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.75.81

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“…A similar was obtained by Almeida and Kessler [32], Tsaur and Tang [38], and Zarra-Nezhad, Moazami-Goodarzi, Hasannejad, and Roushani [39], who concluded that, despite the increasing career opportunities, women still face challenges at the workplace as well as want fundamental changes in their family adaptability and cohesion, WS and economic status. In a recent study, O'Neill and Davis [27] showed no significant difference based on gender, although this does not necessarily indicate the absence of such differences in the hotel industry in general.…”

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Exploring Hotel Employee’s Work Stress by Individual Characteristics

Ko¹

2020

OALib

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This paper explores the common work stress in a sample of Taiwanese managers and employees. It investigates the differences and frequency of work stress by individual characteristics such as job level, gender and marital status. The researcher distributed a self-administered questionnaire to a sample of N = 140 managers and N = 400 front-line employees at 20 Taiwanese five-star hotels. The results revealed that role conflict, role ambiguity and workload were the most common stressors for managers and employees. In addition, hotel managers experienced significantly more stress than front-line employees did. Female employees indicated significantly more stress than did their male counterparts. Some implications for practice are discussed such as recruiting employees who can function optimally even in stressful situations, which would help lower costs.

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confidence: 72%

Exploring Hotel Employee’s Work Stress by Individual Characteristics

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2020

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“…The stress experienced by women is higher as compared to men (Zappert and Weinstein, 1985; Miller and Green, 1985; Zarra-Nezhad et al , 2010). The stressors experienced by them are multiple roles, discrimination and stereotyping (Gyllensten and Palmer, 2005).…”

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A scale to measure organizational stress among women workers in the garment industry

Sharma

Srivastava

2020

EJTD

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Purpose Stress has been a common phenomenon among the working professionals. The stress has been known to affect the job satisfaction level, health outcomes, affect burnout through the physiological, emotional, behavioral and cognitive processes resulting in to low performance. This study aims to identify the factors determining organizational stress among women workers in the garment industry in India and to develop and validate a contextual scale for organizational stress among women workers in the garment industry in India. Design/methodology/approach This study consisted of women workers who were employed in garment manufacturing companies. The data has been collected through a structured questionnaire, which identifies the factors leading to stress. The respondents of the study included women workers employed in the garment manufacturing units in and around Bangalore. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted and the model fit was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. Findings The measurement scale for the organization stress of women workers in the garment industry was found to be highly reliable and valid for conducting the study in any Indian garment industry. The analysis identified the factors as follows: job-related factor, organization-related factor, social factor and personal factor. Research limitations/implications Due to limited access to the population, which is the women workers, the authors have not been able to collect a large sample data. The sample size is the limitation of the study. Practical implications Organizational stress have has been shown to have a detrimental effect on the health and well-being of employees. Organizations need to step up their effort to integrate emotional well-being, conducive work environment, workloads and job responsibilities, social connectedness and job satisfaction with their efforts to support the physical health and mental health of the workers. Originality/value The study is one of its kind with a focus on women workers in the garment industry in India. The study highlights the factors that result in stress among women workers who have not been studied in past research studies. The strategies to cope with organizational stress in such a work requirement is different and very challenging, making it unique for practitioners.

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“…Perhaps even when mothers do not work outside the home, they are confronted with high levels of stress ranging from carrying out household duties, motherhood and wifehood. As a result, job and family responsibilities become more complex, and the unshared work load by these mothers’ spouses frequently causes stress (Maryam et al, 2010). Now that many of them are in paid jobs, they have not abandoned their roles in their families (Kayode et al, 2012).…”

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Stress Management Among Working Mothers in an Institution of Higher Learning in Nigeria: Implication for Social Work Practice

Ikpeama

2024

Sage Open

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The growing number of working mothers, dual career couples, and working single parents raises concerns about the impact of work stress on family lifestyles and their ability to balance work and family obligations. The aim of this study is to examine the role of social workers in promoting work-life balance among working mothers at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The cross-sectional survey design involving the mixed-methods approach was adopted for the study. A total of 604 questionnaires were distributed to the participants; of those, 99.3% ( n = 596) were correctly completed and returned, 0.7% were not, and eight were selected at random for IDI. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), while frequency and percentages were used to present the data. According to the study, 83.6% of working mothers experience work-related stress. The results also showed that working mothers’ stress levels depend on their level of education, the size of their family, and their income, as well as on their desire to publish in order to advance in their careers. The study concludes that, in order to reduce the stress experiences of working mothers, attention should be paid to their understanding of the stressors confronting them, while also recommending the establishment of an occupational social work office anchored by professional social workers, whose duties will be to offer professional advice on appropriate coping mechanisms to adopt while ensuring the welfare of university students and staff, particularly mothers.

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Occupational Stress and Family Difficulties of Working Women

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Exploring Hotel Employee’s Work Stress by Individual Characteristics

Exploring Hotel Employee’s Work Stress by Individual Characteristics

A scale to measure organizational stress among women workers in the garment industry

Stress Management Among Working Mothers in an Institution of Higher Learning in Nigeria: Implication for Social Work Practice

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