An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Occupational Stress of Sewing Machine Operators in Bangladesh

Abstract

The apparel sector is labor intensive and thus, incorporation of the stresses can be recorded as higher. Occupational stress can occur with many things and understanding each of these factors is a key concern. The present research has been undertaken to understand the impact of organizational culture, interpersonal relationships, role conflict, and job security on occupational stress. This is a quantitative study and primary data have been used in the analysis. The sample size was recorded as 310. Self–administrated questionnaire has been selected in the data collection by the survey method. Collected data have been analyzed with SPSS software. Reliability analysis was checked with Cronbach’s Alpha method and it has been recorded that all the items are reliable enough to be used in the data collection. Pearson Correlation Coefficient has been used in the correlation analysis. Positive correlation analysis can be identified and recorded among the variables. Multiple linear regression has been used in the understanding of the independent and dependent variables. It is showing that organizational culture is having a significant relationship with occupational stress (beta = 0.350, t = 6.919, p = 0.000 < 0.05), interpersonal relationship is having a significant relationship with occupational stress (beta = 0.131, t =3.298, p = 0.001 < 0.05), role conflict is having the significant impact with the occupational stress (beta = 0.234, t = 3.682, p = 0.000 < 0.05) and job security is having a significant impact on the occupational stress (beta = 0.268, t = 4.836, p = 0.000 < 0.05).