Original Article
Iranian J Publ Health, Vol. 43, Suppl. No.3, Oct 2014, pp. 125-130
Organizational Factors Associated with Occupational Stress among Lecturers in Community Colleges, Peninsular Malaysia Nada ISMAIL 1, *Anita ABD RAHMAN 1, Emilia ZAINAL ABIDIN 2 1. Dept. of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2. Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia *Corresponding Author: Tel:
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(Received 20 July 2014; accepted 28 Sep 2014)
Abstract Background: A cross sectional study conducted to identify the organizational factors associated to the occupational stress among lecturers in selected Community Colleges, Peninsular Malaysia. Methods: Study was conducted by using cluster-sampling method and 189 self-administrated questionnaires were distributed. A validated Malay version of Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) was used to obtain the information regarding respondent’s background and their respective job scope. JCQ described four organizational factors that were decision latitude, psychological job demand, social support and job insecurity. Results: Response rate was 87.1% with 25.9% of the lecturers were stressed. There were no significant association between occupational stress with any socio-demography factors but the result showed significant associations between occupational stress and all four organizational factors studied, decision latitude (P
