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Document Type |
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Article In Journal |
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Document Title |
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Sources of Work-Stress among Hospital-Staff at the Saudi MOH مصادر ضغوط العمل بين موظفي مستشفيات وزارة الصحة بالمملكة |
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Subject |
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Public Administration |
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Document Language |
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Arabic |
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Abstract |
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Objectives: To determine the sources of work-stress among the MOH
hospital staff working in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia, to examine the relationship between
the socio-demographic variables and the level of work stress, and to studies the
relationship between work-stress and the anticipated outcomes.
Methods: This study applies the descriptive analytical research design. Doctors,
nurses, technicians, administrators, and therapists working at five MOH hospitals were
screened using a self-administered questionnaire developed to serve the objectives of this
study. 700 questionnaires were distributed and 414 were returned and valid for analysis.
Frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations were used to present the
descriptive analysis. Inferential analysis included two independent samples t-test, One
way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. The significance
level used for the inferential statistics was 0.05.
Results: The multiple regression analysis indicated that insufficient technical
facilities, absence of appreciation, long working hours, and short breaks were
significantly able to explain the variance in the level of work-stress among hospital staff.
Pearson correlation showed that both age and experience showed significant negative
relationship with work-stress level. Results also revealed that Saudi participants showed
significantly higher level of work-stress than the non-Saudis. The rest of the sociodemographic
and job variables showed no significant relationship with the level of workstress.
Occurrence of health problems, changing the hospital, changing the job, quitting
the practice, and undesired relationship with coworkers were found to be correlated with
work-stress.
Conclusion: The level of work-stress among the MOH hospital staff seems to be
high. This was due to insufficient technical facilities, absence of appreciation, long
working hours, and short breaks. In addition, the older the employee and the more
experience he/she has the less work-stress is experienced.
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ISSN |
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1319-0997 |
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Journal Name |
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Economics and Administration Journal |
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Volume |
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17 |
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Issue Number |
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1 |
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Publishing Year |
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1424 AH
2003 AD |
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Article Type |
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Article |
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Added Date |
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 |
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