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ASSESSING STRESS AMONG THE WHITE AND BLUE COLLAR WORKERS AT THE ESFAHAN STEEL COMPANY, IRAN.

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International Journal of Latest Research in Science and Technology Vol.4 Issue 1, pp 17-23,Year 2015

ASSESSING STRESS AMONG THE WHITE AND BLUE COLLAR WORKERS AT THE ESFAHAN STEEL COMPANY, IRAN.

Masoud Lotfizadeh, Namaitijiang Maimaiti,?Zafar Ahmed,Noor Hassim Ismail

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Received : 29 January 2015; Accepted : 11 February 2015 ; Published : 28 February 2015

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This study estimate the work place stress among the white and blue color workers at Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO), Iran. A cross-sectional study conducted at among workers at ESCO, Iran. The data about the stress level was collected using structured face to face interviews based on questionnaires using DASS21. A total 600workers were interviewed among the stratified randomly selected employees at ESCO. This study found that 93.2% of employees claimed that they have various level of stress.It was found that the economic problems were the most common reason for their stress (58.9 %), followed by task type (33.2 %), and work environment and Colleagues (29.8%) and (29%) in the research population. Remaining two factors Children’s problems and Relatives account for (8.6%) stress. We have found that most of the participants in this study had different level of stress and main source of stress was economic problem followed by task type.

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Occupational Stress, ESCO, white color, blue white color, Iran,
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Masoud Lotfizadeh, Namaitijiang Maimaiti,?Zafar Ahmed,Noor Hassim Ismail , " Assessing Stress Among The White And Blue Collar Workers At The Esfahan Steel Company, Iran. ", International Journal of Latest Research in Science and Technology . Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp 17-23 , 2015

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