Relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Ergonomic is the major cause of stress among employees and this has set to become a vital factor that contributes to stress among employee especially in the aviation industry. However, creating awareness regarding ergonomic and occupational stress can help the organization to minimize and control th...

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Main Author: Delicious, Dynatalie
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Published: 2019
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spelling my-uum-etd.87412022-12-28T02:44:36Z Relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2019 Delicious, Dynatalie Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal Zulkifly, Syazwan Syah Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment Ergonomic is the major cause of stress among employees and this has set to become a vital factor that contributes to stress among employee especially in the aviation industry. However, creating awareness regarding ergonomic and occupational stress can help the organization to minimize and control the impact that it may bring to their employees and the organization cost. This research examines the ergonomic factors such as body postures, health, work area design, working chair, humidity, lighting, working hours toward stress outcomes among the airport staff. These ergonomic factors help to identify the most prevalence factor and its relationship that effect occupational stress among airport staff. Thus, in order to identify the contributing factors of this study, there are 6 types of methods used namely normality analysis, multicollinearity, reliability analysis, mean and standard deviation, person correlation and multiple regression. Data collected from 370 employees at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Selangor mainly working in the airside and landside division. The result shows that there is a relationship between the variables body posture, health, humidity, acoustic, lighting and working hours toward stress outcome. Two other variables work area design and working chair have no significant relationship with workplace stress. In conclusion, the finding of this study suggests it is important to promote ergonomic concepts and practice. Ergonomic applications can be instilled in various industries so that both employers and employees‘ benefits can become aware of design concepts and work methods, this can help to improve workplace conditions as well as enhancing work occupational safety and health in the airport. 2019 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8741/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8741/1/s822781_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8741/2/s822781_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8741/3/s822781_references.docx text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection UUM ETD
language eng
eng
eng
advisor Mohd Isa, Mohd Faizal
Zulkifly, Syazwan Syah
topic HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management
Employment
spellingShingle HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management
Employment
Delicious, Dynatalie
Relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
description Ergonomic is the major cause of stress among employees and this has set to become a vital factor that contributes to stress among employee especially in the aviation industry. However, creating awareness regarding ergonomic and occupational stress can help the organization to minimize and control the impact that it may bring to their employees and the organization cost. This research examines the ergonomic factors such as body postures, health, work area design, working chair, humidity, lighting, working hours toward stress outcomes among the airport staff. These ergonomic factors help to identify the most prevalence factor and its relationship that effect occupational stress among airport staff. Thus, in order to identify the contributing factors of this study, there are 6 types of methods used namely normality analysis, multicollinearity, reliability analysis, mean and standard deviation, person correlation and multiple regression. Data collected from 370 employees at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Selangor mainly working in the airside and landside division. The result shows that there is a relationship between the variables body posture, health, humidity, acoustic, lighting and working hours toward stress outcome. Two other variables work area design and working chair have no significant relationship with workplace stress. In conclusion, the finding of this study suggests it is important to promote ergonomic concepts and practice. Ergonomic applications can be instilled in various industries so that both employers and employees‘ benefits can become aware of design concepts and work methods, this can help to improve workplace conditions as well as enhancing work occupational safety and health in the airport.
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title Relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
title_short Relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
title_full Relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
title_fullStr Relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
title_sort relationship between ergonomics factors and occupational stress outcomes among airport staff at kuala lumpur international airport
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
publishDate 2019
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/8741/1/s822781_01.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/8741/2/s822781_02.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/8741/3/s822781_references.docx
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