Abstract:
The purposes of this research were: 1) to study employee stress in the industrial estates
in Rayong Province, and 2) to compare employee stress in the industrial estates in Rayong
Province. The subjects were classified by personal status. The population used in the study
were 583,242 employees with the sample size of 400 respondents working in the industrial
estates in Rayong Province. Multi- stage sampling and simple random sampling were
implemented.
The findings of this research revealed that 200 of the respondents were male, and the
other 200 of the respondents were female. Most respondents were between 36 and 45 years of age, single, and at practitioner level with monthly income of 20,000 40,000 baht and 48 working hours. Most of them didnt have a medical condition and exercise.
The results of data analysis showed that the overall opinions on employee stress in
the industrial estates in Rayong Province were at an average level.
The results of comparison of factors affecting employee stress in the industrial estates in Rayong Province classified by personal status of gender and working hours showed that the overall opinions on employee stress in the industrial estates in Rayong Province were at statistical significance level of .05.
The results of comparison of factors affecting employee stress in the industrial estates in
Rayong Province classified by personal status of age showed that the overall opinions on
employee stress were different. Whereas, the results of comparison of factors affecting
employee stress in the industrial estates in Rayong Province classified by personal status of
marital status showed that the overall opinions on employee stress were at statistical
significance level of .05.