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- Title
OCCUPATIONAL STRESS, ILL HEALTH AND ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT OF EMPLOYEES AT A UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY.
- Authors
Viljoen, Joshua P.; Rothmann, Sebastiaan
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between occupational stress, ill health and organisational commitment. A survey design was used. The sample (N=353) consisted of academic (n=132) and support staff (n=221) at a university of technology. The Organizational Stress Screening Tool (ASSET) and a biographical questionnaire were administered. The results showed that different organisational stressors contributed significantly to ill health and low organisational commitment. Stress about job security contributed to both physical and psychological ill health, whereas overload and job aspects contributed to psychological ill health. Stress about control and resources contributed to low organisational commitment. Low individual commitment to the organisation was predicted by five stressors, namely work-life balance, overload, control, job aspects and pay.
- Subjects
UNIVERSITY &; college employees; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; JOB stress; ORGANIZATIONAL commitment; JOB security; TEACHERS' workload; OCCUPATIONAL surveys; QUESTIONNAIRES; INDUSTRIAL psychology; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
SAJIP: South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2009, Vol 35, Issue 1, p67
- ISSN
0258-5200
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/sajip.v35i1.730