Coping strategies of job stress among managers of electronics industries in Malaysia

Job stress is ubiquitous in today’s organizations, and the costs of these phenomena cut across all levels of society. In recent years, researchers considering job stress in the workplace have made great strides in understanding several aspects of the stress phenomenon in the field of organizational behavior. Thus, it becomes more important that the coping methods of these job stresses are well explored and directly linked to individuals experiencing this situation, in order to ensure the right methods can be used for the best benefits in coping with job stresses. This research presents an integration of past research and theory that models the relationship of antecedents of job stress and coping methods among managers. The scope of this study is limited to managerial positions in electronics firms in Malaysia. Job stress antecedents in this study are related to organizational sources of stress and individual’s personality traits. A set of demographic factors like age, gender and length of services, to name a few, are also studied as influencing factors to job stress. The final framework in this study includes the coping variables, in which will determine the best and most suitable coping methods for managers under job stress. A proportional sampling plan will be done to cover the surveys to be covering all major locations of electronics firms in Malaysia. Theoretical and managerial implications of the study will be discussed in details. The implication of the study would be extremely beneficial for electronics organizations in not only identifying the organizational sources of job stress, but also to understand the personality behaviors of their management staffs. More importantly, this study will recommend the best coping methods for managers that would enable the leadership team in the electronics organizations to be able to handle job stress more efficiently. This paper will discuss the pilot study results of this research

Organizational stressors and job stress among Malaysian managers: the moderating role of personality traits

Job stress is vastly present in today’s organizations, and the costs of these phenomena cut across all levels of society. In recent years, researchers considering job stress in the workplace have made great strides in understanding several aspects of the stress phenomenon in the field of organizational behavior. Thus, it becomes more important that the individual variables of these job stresses are well explored and directly linked to individuals experiencing this situation, in order to ensure the right stressors are well understood and other moderating functions are studied, like the personality variables. This research presents an integration of past research and theory that models the relationship of organizational stressors like conflict, work overload, unfavorable work condition, and the moderating role of personality traits among managers. The scope of this study is limited to managerial positions in electronics firms in Malaysia. A set of demographic factors like gender, marital status and educational background, are also studied as influencing factors to job stress. The final framework in this study includes the organizational stressors as the independent variable and job stress as the dependent variable, with the personality traits moderating that relationship. A proportional sampling plan will be done to cover the surveys to be covering all major locations of electronics firms in Malaysia. Theoretical and managerial implications of the study will be discussed in details. The implication of the study would be extremely beneficial for electronics organizations in not only identifying the organizational sources of job stress, but also to understand the personality behaviors of their management staffs and how that related to job stress. Organizational stressors play a big role in the study, in which understanding its influence to job stress and how to manage and cope would enable the leadership team in the electronics organizations to be able to handle job stress more efficiently

Job Stress among Malaysian Managers: The Moderating Role of Coping Methods

Job stress is vastly present in today’s organizations, and the costs of these phenomena cut across all levels of society. In recent years, researchers considering job stress in the workplace have made great strides in understanding several aspects of the stress phenomenon in the field of organizational behavior. Thus, it becomes more important that the coping methods of these job stresses are well explored and directly linked to individuals experiencing this situation, in order to ensure the right methods can be used for the best benefits in coping with job stresses. This research presents an integration of past research and theory that models the relationship of antecedents of job stress and coping methods among managers. The scope of this case study is limited to managerial positions in electronics firms in Malaysia. A set of demographic factors like gender, marital status and educational background, are also studied as influencing factors to job stress. The final framework in this study includes the coping variables, in which will determine the best and most suitable coping methods for managers under job stress. A proportional sampling plan will be done to cover the surveys to be covering all major locations of electronics firms in Malaysia. Theoretical and managerial implications of the study will be discussed in details. The implication of the study would be extremely beneficial for electronics organizations in not only identifying the organizational sources of job stress, but also to understand the personality behaviors of their management staffs. More importantly, this study will recommend the best coping methods for managers that would enable the leadership team in the electronics organizations to be able to handle job stress more efficiently

Job Stress among Malaysian Managers: The Moderating Role of Coping Methods

Job stress is vastly present in today’s organizations, and the costs of these phenomena cut across all levels of society. In recent years, researchers considering job stress in the workplace have made great strides in understanding several aspects of the stress phenomenon in the field of organizational behavior. Thus, it becomes more important that the coping methods of these job stresses are well explored and directly linked to individuals experiencing this situation, in order to ensure the right methods can be used for the best benefits in coping with job stresses. This research presents an integration of past research and theory that models the relationship of antecedents of job stress and coping methods among managers. The scope of this case study is limited to managerial positions in electronics firms in Malaysia. A set of demographic factors like gender, marital status and educational background, are also studied as influencing factors to job stress. The final framework in this study includes the coping variables, in which will determine the best and most suitable coping methods for managers under job stress. A proportional sampling plan will be done to cover the surveys to be covering all major locations of electronics firms in Malaysia. Theoretical and managerial implications of the study will be discussed in details. The implication of the study would be extremely beneficial for electronics organizations in not only identifying the organizational sources of job stress, but also to understand the personality behaviors of their management staffs. More importantly, this study will recommend the best coping methods for managers that would enable the leadership team in the electronics organizations to be able to handle job stress more efficiently

Relationship between sources of job stress, personality traits and job stress : the moderating role of coping strategies

Job stress is ubiquitous in today's organizations, and the costs of these phenomena cut across all levels of society. In recent years, researchers considering job stress in the workplace have made great strides in understanding several aspects of the stress phenomenon in the field of organizational behavior. Thus, it becomes more important that the coping strategies of these job stresses are well explored and directly linked to individuals experiencing this situation, in order to ensure the right methods can be used for the best benefits in coping with work place stresses. This research presents an integration of past research and theory that models the relationship of antecedents of job stress and coping strategies among managers in electronics firms in Malaysia. A total of 400 electronic company managers participated in this study. This study is a survey using multiple questionnaires, namely, 'Job Stress' to measure the levels of job stress , 'Organizational Sources of Job Stress', to measure the sources of job stress , while 'NEO Five Factor Inventory' to gauge the personality of the manager and 'Coping Resources Inventory' to measure coping strategies. A set of demographic factors like gender, marital status and educational status, are also studied as influencing factors to job stress. Coping strategies in this study is positioned as a moderating variable. The implication of the study would be extremely beneficial for electronics organizations in not only identifying the organizational sources of job stress, but also to understand the personality behaviors of their management staffs. More importantly, this study recommends the best coping strategies for managers that would enable the leadership team in the electronics organizations to be able to handle job stress more efficiently. In the years to come, acknowledging the presence of job stress in major industries such as electronics industry in Malaysia, would become critical and the study would be able to help identify coping strategies that organizations can use to enable the best productivity from their management team. Contributions in of this study would prove essential to electronics firms in terms of managing their leadership workforce in terms of their stress management, productivity and well­being of the individuals. This will also allow companies to develop avenues to suit the rightful facilities and forums to address job stress for their employees that would result in work life effectiveness, which will result in highly motivated managers, highly productive organizations and a huge economy boost for the nation

Relationship between sources of job stress, personality traits and job stress

Job stress is ubiquitous in today's organizations, and the costs of these phenomena cut across all levels of sOciety. In recent years, researchers considering job stress in the workplace have made great strides in understanding several aspects of the stress phenomenon in the field of organizational behavior. Thus, it becomes more important that the coping strategies of these job stresses are well explored and directly linked to individuals experiencing this situation, in order to ensure the right methods can be used for the best benefits in coping with work place stresses. This research presents an integration of past research and theory that models the relationship of antecedents of job stress and coping strategies among managers in electronics firms in Malaysia. A total of 400 electronic company managers participated in this study. This study is a survey using multiple questionnaires, namely, 'Job Stress' to measure the levels of job stress, 'Organizational Sources of Job Stress', to measure the sources of job stress, while 'NEO Five Factor Inventory' to gauge the personality of the manager and 'Coping Resources Inventory' to measure coping strategies. A set of demographic factors like gender, marital status and educational status, are also studied as influencing factors to job stress. Coping strategies in this study is positioned as a moderating variable. The implication of the study would be extremely beneficial for electronics organizations in not only identifying the organizational sources of job stress, but also to understand the personality behaviors of their management staffs. More importantly, this study recommends the best coping strategies for managers that would enable the leadership team in the electronics organizations to be able to handle job stress more efficiently. In the years to come, acknowledging the presence of job stress in major industries such as electronics industry in Malaysia, would become critical and the study would be able to help identify coping strategies that organizations can use to enable the best productivity from their management team. Contributions in of this study would prove essential to electronics firms in terms of managing their leadership workforce in terms of their stress management, productivity and wellbeing of the individuals. This will also allow companies to develop avenues to suit the rightful facilities and forums to address job stress for their employees that would result in work life effectiveness, which will result in highly motivated managers, highly productive organizations and a huge economy boost for the nation

COPING STRATEGIES OF JOB STRESS AMONG MANAGERS OF ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES IN MALAYSIA

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