The Impact of Stress at Work on Employee’s Psychological Well-being in Jakarta

Kurnia, Nafiri Paramitha

iBuss Management
Vol 3, No 2 (2015): iBuss Management

Higher work demands is experienced by employees working in Jakarta due to companies’ need to increase their productivity. Despite increasing productivity, higher work demands leads to higher stress at work, which indirectly affect companies’ productivity itself. This research is conducted to study the extent of stress at work, along with its factors, in impacting employee’s psychological well-being. Samples are employees working in  Jakarta from diverse industries, which are taken using questionnaire based on simple random sampling method, and 108 respondents are able to be obtained. Data is analyzed using Multiple Linear Regression, and the result there is significant impact of stress at work on employee’s psychological well-being in Jakarta. The result also shows that Influence over Decision, Role Clarity, Autonomy and Control, and Peer Support are the factors of stress at work which significantly impact employee’s psychological well-being.Keywords: Stress at work, job stressors, employee’s psychological well-being