Stress factors of teachers from secondary school in Ipoh

The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship of the independent variables such as work hour, work load, financial problems, and family conflicts and work location on the stress that the teachers of secondary school in Ipoh experienced. The sampling size that was employed for this study...

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Main Author: Nicholas Vinodh, Anthonysamy
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Stress factors of teachers from secondary school in Ipoh
description The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship of the independent variables such as work hour, work load, financial problems, and family conflicts and work location on the stress that the teachers of secondary school in Ipoh experienced. The sampling size that was employed for this study was 120 teachers’ from schools namely SMK Anderson, SMK S.T Michael, SMK Buntong and SMK Methodist ACS in the district of Ipoh. The data was collected through the distribution of questionnaires to the teachers. A pilot test was done to 30 teachers around Ipoh. The findings of the research were derived with the use of statistical tool SPSS version 22. The findings of the research showed that there were significant relationship between financial problem, family conflicts and the stress level experienced by teachers of the secondary school in Ipoh. The research also indicates that the variables have significant impact on the teachers stress. The regression analysis showed that there is no significant impact between job stressors and stress
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spelling my-uum-etd.51272021-04-04T08:06:53Z Stress factors of teachers from secondary school in Ipoh 2015 Nicholas Vinodh, Anthonysamy Mohd Yunus, Jasmani Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial Psychology The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship of the independent variables such as work hour, work load, financial problems, and family conflicts and work location on the stress that the teachers of secondary school in Ipoh experienced. The sampling size that was employed for this study was 120 teachers’ from schools namely SMK Anderson, SMK S.T Michael, SMK Buntong and SMK Methodist ACS in the district of Ipoh. The data was collected through the distribution of questionnaires to the teachers. A pilot test was done to 30 teachers around Ipoh. The findings of the research were derived with the use of statistical tool SPSS version 22. 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