The relationship between stress andjob satisfaction of bus transportation personnel in Ubon Ratchathani province : a case study of Sahamit Ubon Company and Sayant Dernrod Company Limited
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to study the stress and job satisfaction of bus transportation personnel in Ubon Ratchathani Province, 2) to examine the relationship between the stress and the job satisfaction, 3) to compare the stress and job satisfaction as perceived by the bus transportation personnel classified by gender, age, position, education, income, working division, and company.
The population of this study included all personnel of Sahamit Ubon Company Ltd and Sayant Dernrod Company Ltd. The sample group consisted of 216 personnel selected by means of the stratified random sampling. The sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan Table. The research instrument was a five-level rating scale questionnaire with the reliability for stress at .94 and the job saitisfaction at .95. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test, and Pearson Moment Coefficient Correlation.
The findings were as follows:
1. The largest groups of the personnel in each category were those who were male, aged 26 to 40 years old, bus drivers, holders of vocational education diplomas or associate degrees, earning no more than 5,000 baht a month, working in the division of bus service attendance, and working for Sayant Dernrod Company.
2. The personnel perceived the overall and individual aspects of job stress to be minimal, and the overall job satisfaction was found to be at a moderate level.
3. The physical stress, the mental stress, and the job performance stress were found to have negative relationship with job satisfaction. The physical and mental stresses had significantly negative relationship with the type of job, relationship with colleagues, and job conditions at the level of .01. The stress on job performance had significantly negative relationship with the relationship with colleagues and job conditions at the level of .05.
4. There was no significant difference in stress among the personnel who were different in gender, age, current position, income, and the company they attached to. Those who were different in education and the department they worked in, however, were significantly different in the overall and physical stresses at the level of .05.
5. The personnel who were different in gender were significantly different in their job satisfaction in the aspects of job features, at the level of .05, and remuneration and benefits, at the level of .01. Those who were under 25 years of age had significantly different job satisfaction from those who were 26 to 40 years of age in the overall satisfaction and the aspects of relationship with colleagues. Job conditions at the level of .05. There was no significant difference in the job satisfaction of those who were different in job positions. Those who were different in education had significantly different job satisfaction on job features and relationship with colleagues at the level of .05. Those who different in income were significantly different in the overall satisfaction and the aspects of remuneration and benefits, job advancement at the level of .01, and job conditions, at the level of .05. Those who were different in the companies they worked for were significantly different in the overall job satisfaction and all the individual aspects at the level of .01.""