Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity as Factors in Work Stress among Managers: A Case Study of Manufacturing Sector in Pakistan

Ram, Nanik; Khoso, Immamuddin; Shah, Asif Ali; Chandio, Fayaz Raza; Shaikih, Faiz. M.

doi:10.5539/ass.v7n2p113

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“…This study's findings are in line with the results of previous studies (Ahsan et al, 2009;Griffiths et al, 2011;Ram et al, 2011;Robert & Angelo, 2007;Sofield & Salmond, 2003) in different locations and different cultures, which confirms the importance of HRM practices in any organization.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Griffiths et al (2011) identified a strong relationship between job stress and job satisfaction. This result is in line with the findings of many studies (Ahsan et al, 2009;Klassen & Chiu, 2010;Ram et al, 2011;Robert & Angelo, 2007), all confirming a significant, negative relationship between work stress and job satisfaction. Consequently, job stress has been used as an indicator of the level of job satisfaction (Griffiths et al, 2011) and has been identified as a main source of employee turnover (Alshanbri, Khalfan, & Maqsood, 2014).…”

Section: Job Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 82%

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Antecedents of Job Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia: Impact of Industrial Sector

Alzalabani¹

2017

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The exhaustive effort of Government of Saudi Arabia to standardize HRM practices across different industrial sectors in the Kingdom is expected to enhance the participation of its nationals in private sectors including SME's. This study is an effort to understand the perceived level of job satisfaction, job stress, work place violence and role clarity after the enforcement of "Nitagat" program and various amendments in the present law to promote employee well being and employee participation in order to enhance job satisfaction.The study reports a moderately better level of job satisfaction across all respondents but constrained by industry type. In spite of the best efforts of competent authorities to ensure better work environment by amending and designing regulations a significant higher job stress and work place violence is reported in private sector as compared to public sector which has fared better scores on Role clarity and lower scores on work place violence and job stress. As demonstrated through Structural equation model, the relations between job stress, role clarity and work place violence across industry sector (public vs private) further implying that key practices pertaining to HRM still remain a concern to be addressed.

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Section: Job Satisfactionsupporting

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Antecedents of Job Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia: Impact of Industrial Sector

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2017

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“…Work-related stress should become an issue which increasingly features on the agenda of efficient managers (McHugh). 13 Managers and supervisors play a vital role in shaping the future of employees as they are the support pillars who can make or break any situation for them. It should be in their best interest to keep stress levels in the workplace to a minimum level.…”

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Work-related stress assessment among a garment factory employees in Bangalore suburban locality

Anandi¹,

Rajaram

Aravind

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: India's Garment Industry has been rapidly growing in last few years. The Garment Industry is of major importance to the Indian economy as it contributes substantially to India's export earnings. Thus employees working in the above sociological context of working life are expected to be affected by the general acceleration of the pace of life, contributing to work intensification and constant time pressure. Managers play a key role in reducing the significant sources of stress and shaping the future of employees. Thus the above study was undertaken among managers and supervisory level staff. The objectives of the study were to estimate the magnitude and level of work-related stress and to find the association of socio-demographic factors with work-related stress in garment manufacturing factory. Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken for 4 months, from October 2015 to January 2016, in a selected garment factory, located in the periphery of Bangalore city. A total of 167 supervisors and 41 managers, were included in the study. Stress was assessed by using ‘Tool to assess and classify work stress and associated symptoms’, developed by Centre for public health, NIMHANS. Results: Prevalence of work-related stress was 26% (95% CI; 18.04-26.36). Managers had higher prevalence of stress (29.3%) when compared to supervisors (25.1%). Majority of managers were perceived to have moderate stress level (58.4%) when compared to supervisors (26.10%). Among all the socio-demographic factors; age, total monthly income, travel time and mode of transport were significantly associated with work-related stress (p<0.05). Conclusions: Organization changes viz., effort-reward imbalances, needs to be corrected and appropriate transport facilities meeting the employee requirements have to be provided, to cope up stress associated with travelling.

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“…It has been demonstrated to be a factor in job dissatisfaction and propensity to leave the organization one works for ever since the classic work of Kahn and his colleagues (1964) ;Rizzo, House and Lirtzman, 1970;Fang and Baba, 1993;Cordes and Dougherty, 1993;Ram, Khoso, Shah, Chandio andShaikih, 2011. Tosi andTosi (1970) demonstrated that role conflict was significantly related to low overall job satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Ram et al (2011) investigated the impacts of role conflict and ambiguity as factors in stress among the managers in manufacturing industry of Pakistan. Their results showed that role conflict and role ambiguity were the predictors of strain at work (p.113).…”

Section: Factors That Contribute To Psychological Strainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting Psychological Strain with Job Demands and Organizational Injustice through the Implications of Job Demand-Control Model and Fairness Theory

Taştan¹

2014

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Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity as Factors in Work Stress among Managers: A Case Study of Manufacturing Sector in Pakistan

Cited by 30 publications

References 23 publications

Antecedents of Job Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia: Impact of Industrial Sector

Antecedents of Job Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia: Impact of Industrial Sector

Work-related stress assessment among a garment factory employees in Bangalore suburban locality

Predicting Psychological Strain with Job Demands and Organizational Injustice through the Implications of Job Demand-Control Model and Fairness Theory

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