WorkStress, Perception of Job Safety, and Job Satisfaction of Rope Access Techniciansand the Relationship amongThem
Journal Title: Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Workstress, while affecting employee productivity and job satisfaction, is an important factor that causes serious injuries and even death at work. For this reason, to determine and to propose solutions for those factors affecting job stress is essential for dangerousjobs such as rope access technicians. The main purpose of thisstudy was to examine:job stress, job satisfaction and the perception of job safety of rope access technicians and to show ifthere are any relations betweenthese factors.The participants inthis study were69 people (X age= 31.27 ±5.33) who volunteered for the study. The data was obtained by means of a form including:the Job Stress Scale developed by Cohen and Williamson (1988) and adapted by Baltaş (1998), the “Job Safety Questionnaire” developed by Hayes et al. (1998) and adapted by Yiğit, Akpınar ve Taş (2016), and the “Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale” developed by Weiss et al. (1967) and adapted by Baycan (1985). Additionally, a “personal information form” was usedin order to collect data concerning demographic information. As a result of this study, it was found that for rope access technicians, job satisfaction washigh, the levels of job stress was suitable for health and productivity, and the perceptions of job safety weremoderate. Further, it was found that there are positive and meaningful relations between workstress and perceptions of job safety, and negative and meaningful relations between workstress and job satisfaction. The results of regressionanalysis however, show the perception of job safety and job satisfaction are statistically meaningful precursors of workstress.
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Güney Çetinkaya, Dicle Aras
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- DOI 10.13114/MJH.2017.352
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