Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
권호 표지

Comparison of Job Stressors between Managers and Employees in White-Collar Workers of an Electric Company

사무직 직급에 따른 직무스트레스에 미치는 요인

  • Tak, Jin-Kook (Department of I/O Psychology, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Hong, Hyun-Sook (Department of Preventive Medicine & Catholic Industrial Medical Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Kang-Sook (Department of Preventive Medicine & Catholic Industrial Medical Center, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 탁진국 (광운대학교 산업심리학과) ;
  • 홍현숙 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실 및 산업의학센터) ;
  • 이강숙 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실 및 산업의학센터)
  • Published : 2002.06.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Objectives : This study was intended to investigate the differences of job stressors between managers and low level employees among white-collar workers. Another objective of this study was to examine whether the effects of job stressors on mental health differ between the two groups. Methods : Data was obtained from 204 managers and 258 low level employees who were employed in white-collar jobs. Fourteen job stressors and seven job stress variables were measured. Results : Among the 14 job stressors, role overload, job insecurity, and work-family conflict were higher job stressors for the manager group whereas role conflict, work-aptitude incongruity, participation in decision making, and promotion problems were higher job stressors for the low level of employees. There were no differences in job stress scores between the two groups. However, differences in the effects of job stressors on job stress were found between the two groups. For the manager group, job insecurity, work-aptitude incongruity, and work-family conflict significantly affected in explanation of job stress whereas for the low level employees, role underload, peer satisfaction, and environmental problems significantly explaining the job stress variables. Conclusions : There were significant differences in job stressors between managers and low level employees among white-collar workers. Additionally there were differences in the effects of job stressors on job stress between the two groups.

Keywords

References

  1. Newell S. The healthy organization. London: Routledge; 1995
  2. Brief AP, Schuler RS, Van Sell M. Managing job stress. Boston: Little, Brown; 1981
  3. Kinicki AJ, McKee FM.1996). Annual review, 1991-1995: occupational health. J Vocat Behav 1996; 49: 190-220 https://doi.org/10.1006/jvbe.1996.0040
  4. Staw BM. Organizational behavior: a review and reformulation of the field' s outcome variables. Annu Rev Psychol 1984; 35: 627-666 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ps.35.020184.003211
  5. Lee CM, Song DH, Park HK, Song BI. A model testing study on the job stress and organizational outcomes. Korean J Industrial Organizational Psychology 1991; 4(1): 1-21 (Korean)
  6. Rizzo JR, House RJ, Lirtzman SI. Role conflict and ambiguity in complex organizations. Adm Sci Q 1970; 15: 150-163 https://doi.org/10.2307/2391486
  7. Ruh RA, White JK, Wood RR. Job involvement, values, personal background, participation in decision making and job attitudes. Academy Management J 1975; 18: 300-312 https://doi.org/10.2307/255532
  8. Lee DS, Kim JR, Han WS. A Standardization Study (I) of the Korean Version of Occupational Stress Inventory (K-OSI) Reliability and Validity Study. Vol. 38, No, 5, 1026, 1999. J Korean Neuropsy-chiatric Assoc 1999; 38(5): 10-26 (Korean)
  9. Netemeyer RG, Boles JS, McMurrian R. Development and validation of work-family conflict and family-work conflict scales. J Appl Psychol 1996; 81: 400-410 https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.81.4.400
  10. Spielberger CD, Gorsuch RL, Lushene RE. Manual for the state-trait anxiety inventory. Palo Alto, C. A.: Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc; 1970
  11. Hahn DW, Chon KK, Tak JK, Lee CH, Lee KH. The effects of life events and individual differences on life maladjustment. J Student Guidance 1993; 10: 1-35 (Korean)
  12. Radloff LS. The CES-D scale: A self-report depression scale for research in general population. Appl Psychol Measurement 1977; 1: 385-401 https://doi.org/10.1177/014662167700100306
  13. Hair JF, Anderson, RE, Tatham, RL, Black, W.C. Multivariate data analysis with readings. New York, N.Y: Macmillan Publishing Company; 1992
  14. 이종구(2000) . Windows용 SAS와 통계 자료분석. 학지사
  15. Maruyama S, Morimoto K, Effects of long workhours on life-style, stress and quality of life among intermediate Japanese managers. Scand J Work Environ Health 1996; 22: 353-359 https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.153
  16. Kawakmii N, Haratani T, Epidemiology of job stress and health in japan: Review of currents evidence and future direction. Int Health 1999; 37: 174-186 https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.37.174
  17. Noborisaka Y, Ishizaki M, Tamada Y, The relationship between job status, gender and work-related stress amongst middle-aged employees in a computer manufacturing company. J Occup Health 1995; 37: 167-168
  18. Theorell T, Hamsten A, de Faire U, Orth-Gomer K, Perski A. Psychosocial work conditions before myocardial infarction in young men. Int J Cardiol 1987; 15(1): 33-46 https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-5273(87)90290-7
  19. Johnson JV, Hall EM, Theorell T. Combined effects of job strain and social isolation on cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in a random sample of the Swedish male working population. Scand J Work Environ Health 1989; 15: 271-279 https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.1852
  20. Kawakami N, Araki S, Kawashima M. Effects of job stress on occurrence of major depression in Japanese industry: a case-control study nested in a cohort study. J Occup Med 1990; 32(8): 722-725
  21. Billings AG, Moos RH. Work stress and the stress-buffering roles of work and family resources. J Occup Behav 1982; 3: 215-232 https://doi.org/10.1002/job.4030030303
  22. Kawakami N, Haratani T, Araki S. Effects of perceived job stress on depressive symptoms in blue-collar workers of an electrical factory in Japan. Scand J Work Environ Health 1992; 18: 195-200 https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.1588
  23. Reissman DB, Orris P, Lacey R, Hartman DE, Downsizing, role demands, and job stress. Am College Occup Environ Med 1999; 41: 289-293 https://doi.org/10.1097/00043764-199904000-00011