An Examination and Analysis of Employees' Job Stress in Gas Refinery Company of Ilam

Kobra Roshani (), Seidmehdi Veiseh (), Ardeshir Shiri () and Kolsoom Roshani ()
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Kobra Roshani: Islamic Azad university
Seidmehdi Veiseh: University of Ilam
Ardeshir Shiri: University of Ilam
Kolsoom Roshani: Bu-Ali Sina University

Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, 2015, issue 11(1), 32-52

Abstract: The aim of the study is to investigate and analyze employees' job stress and also to find out the drivers for job stress, which contribute to create job stress which ultimately reduce efficiency. The study is mainly based on review of the existing literature and collection of data through an adopted questionnaire survey, conducted from the selected sample of employees working in Ilam gas Refinery Company.140 employees were selected among 230 subjects of population using simple sample way, which are suitable for analysis purpose respecting Kerjcie and Morgan table. In order to examining significance of research questions, t test and explorative factor analysis was applied. The results of research show that personal, group and out-organizational factors have effect on job stress, but outerorganizational factors had no significant effect on employees' job stress and also, the level of employees' stress si medium. The implications of the paper include implementation of the results provided by researcher to decrease the employees' level of stress. The study is conduced first time in the field specifically highlighting the stress factor. It can be a base for the future research in this area.

Keywords: Job stress; Job stressor factors; Gas Refinery Company of Ilam province (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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