Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia

Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia

Self-awareness of workers’ own health status had been proven can prevent work-related harm and injury and also mental health problems. Both mental and physical health improvements (physical and psychosocial factors) should be the main focused in any research. Workload and work-related stress are the...

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Main Authors: Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin, Norhidayah, Abdull, Junaidah, Zakaria, Abdullah, Ibrahim
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Published: Medwell Publications 2016
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spelling ump-105012018-09-18T04:12:27Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10501/ Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin Norhidayah, Abdull Junaidah, Zakaria Abdullah, Ibrahim T Technology (General) Self-awareness of workers’ own health status had been proven can prevent work-related harm and injury and also mental health problems. Both mental and physical health improvements (physical and psychosocial factors) should be the main focused in any research. Workload and work-related stress are the examples of psychosocial factors that may exist in each organization. A case study related to safety and health was conducted among staff at Human Resources Management Division (HRMD) at a public higher education institution (Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam -IPTA) in Malaysia. Total numbers of 22 staff were employed. However, only 21 staffs were participated in this study which contributed to about 95% of the response rate. A set of self-administered questionnaires which consist of questions on socio demographics information, questions on working hour, questions on workload and also questions on work-related stress were used as the study instruments. Result shows that office workers in HRMD, work in long hours in a week to keep up with workload. The availability of supplies, equipment and materials to do the work however, helps the workers to manage their works in a proper way. The relationship of inter-staff also found in a good condition. This study will be useful for other researcher to conduct a psychosocial study among office workers in a bigger sample size. This finding also can be as a guidance to manage workload and work-related stress in workplace. Medwell Publications 2016 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10501/1/Psychosocial%20Issue%20among%20Office%20Workers-%20A%20Case%20Study%20at%20a%20Public%20Higher%20Education%20Institution%20in%20Malaysia.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10501/7/Psychosocial%20Issue%20among%20Office%20Workers-%20A%20Case%20Study%20at%20a%20Public%20Higher%20Education%20Institution%20in%20Malaysia-abstract.pdf Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin and Norhidayah, Abdull and Junaidah, Zakaria and Abdullah, Ibrahim (2016) Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia. The Social Sciences, 11 (18). pp. 4534-4538. ISSN 1818-5800 (Print); 1993-6125 (Online) http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/medwelljournals/sscience/2016/4534-4538.pdf 10.3923/sscience.2016.4534.4538
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Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia
description Self-awareness of workers’ own health status had been proven can prevent work-related harm and injury and also mental health problems. Both mental and physical health improvements (physical and psychosocial factors) should be the main focused in any research. Workload and work-related stress are the examples of psychosocial factors that may exist in each organization. A case study related to safety and health was conducted among staff at Human Resources Management Division (HRMD) at a public higher education institution (Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam -IPTA) in Malaysia. Total numbers of 22 staff were employed. However, only 21 staffs were participated in this study which contributed to about 95% of the response rate. A set of self-administered questionnaires which consist of questions on socio demographics information, questions on working hour, questions on workload and also questions on work-related stress were used as the study instruments. Result shows that office workers in HRMD, work in long hours in a week to keep up with workload. The availability of supplies, equipment and materials to do the work however, helps the workers to manage their works in a proper way. The relationship of inter-staff also found in a good condition. This study will be useful for other researcher to conduct a psychosocial study among office workers in a bigger sample size. This finding also can be as a guidance to manage workload and work-related stress in workplace.
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author Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin
Norhidayah, Abdull
Junaidah, Zakaria
Abdullah, Ibrahim
author_facet Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin
Norhidayah, Abdull
Junaidah, Zakaria
Abdullah, Ibrahim
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title Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia
title_short Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia
title_full Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia
title_fullStr Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia
title_sort psychosocial issue among office workers: a case study at a public higher education institution in malaysia
publisher Medwell Publications
publishDate 2016
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10501/
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