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Assessment of Stress Level of Forestry Experts with Academic Education
Matija Landekić
Ivan Martinić
Marko Lovrić
Mario Šporčić
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This paper provides the results of an applied research of forests engineers connected to their risk of mental stress occurrence
in everyday work. This paper also has a component of a basic research, in which the adequacy and reliability of
applied methodology in this kind of researches is examined. The mental stress induced risk is tested by usage of an
e-mail survey which consists out of 23-part ERI (Effort-Reward Imbalance) questionnaire. For the assessment of mental
stress exposure level following indicators have been used: 1) ERI – ratio of devoted effort and achieved reward, and 2)
overcommitment. These indicators have been analyzed in comparison to the demographic parameters (gender, age) and
the complexity of assigned jobs of the interviewees. The interview was applied on a randomly sampled forestry experts
employed in public and private sector. The analysis of reliability of the three components of ERI questionnaire has showed
satisfactory internal consistency. Descriptive statistics has been done regarding gender and the complexity of assigned
jobs. The testing of the »devoted effort/achieved reward« variable (E/R index) has shown a statistically significant difference
of the index value between male interviewees on managerial and standard expert positions. The value of E/R index
was x1 at 18.97% of the sampled interviewees, which indicates a divergence between devoted effort and achieved reward,
and also points to a possibility of mental stress occurrence risk. Multiple response tables have shown that female
interviewees with less than 20 years of professional experience manifest stress related symptoms earlier than their male
colleagues with similar professional experience do. Regression analysis has shown a significant correlation of E/R index
to gender, internship and overcommitment. This research also assesses the viability of the applied method as an instrument
of forestry experts' mental stress level determination.
Ključne riječi
Effort-reward imbalance; risk of mental stress; forestry experts
Hrčak ID:
75633
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2011.
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