Lay Theories of Workplace Stress – Evidence from a Romanian Exploratory Study

Q4 Psychology

Psihologia Resurselor Umane Pub Date : 2020-01-24 DOI:10.24837/PRU.2011.2.298

I. Macsinga, C. Trifa

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Abstract

This study aims at investigating Romanian employees’ intuitive beliefs concerning the causes of workplacestress as well as the solutions for reducing it. Another objectives aim to measure the gender differences at the levelof these beliefs and the relation between these beliefs and the tenure. Atotal of 104 employees (50% women) whooccupy various hierarchic levels in different organizations completed a questionnaire derived from the questionsused in Rydstedt, Devereux, & Furnham’s study (2004). The questionnaire contains items for the causes of workplacestress as well as for the solutions for reducing it. Factor analysis provided a solution with 6 factors for causesand 5 factors for solutions. Age difference and conflict, gender differences, and supervisor attitude and job satisfactionare the factors that reveal significant differences between men and women. Also, results show a negativesignificant correlation between the tenure in organization and the factor named excess information and hierarchy.Identifying its own employees’ beliefs regarding stress can contribute to the organizational strategies developmentfor the reduction and control of occupational stress.

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工作场所压力的理论-来自罗马尼亚探索性研究的证据

本研究旨在调查罗马尼亚员工对工作场所压力原因的直觉信念以及减少工作场所压力的解决方案。另一个目标是衡量这些信念水平上的性别差异以及这些信念与任期之间的关系。共有104名员工(50%是女性)在不同的组织中占据不同的层次，他们完成了一份来自Rydstedt, Devereux， & Furnham的研究(2004)中使用的问题的问卷。调查问卷包含了工作场所压力的原因以及减少工作场所压力的解决方案。因子分析给出了6个因素的原因和5个因素的解决方案。年龄差异和冲突、性别差异、主管态度和工作满意度是显示男女显著差异的因素。此外，研究结果还显示，员工在组织中的任职时间与信息过剩和层级关系呈显著负相关。识别自身员工对压力的信念有助于组织制定减少和控制职业压力的策略。

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期刊介绍： The Psihologia Resurselor Umane Journal is the official journal of the Association of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (APIO). PRU is devoted to publishing original investigations that contribute to an understanding of situational and individual challenges within an organizational context and that bring forth new knowledge in the field. The journal publishes primarily empirical articles and also welcomes methodological and theoretical articles on a broad range of topics covered by Organizational, Industrial, Work, Personnel and Occupational Health Psychology. Audience includes scholars, educators, managers, HR professionals, organizational consultants, practitioners in organizational and employee development.