ISSN 2736-1721
Global Journal of Business Management ISSN 6731-4538 Vol. 6 (3), pp. 001-012, March, 2012. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Stress in banker’s life: Demands-control model as predictors of employee’s activity participation
Saif ur Rehman1, Muhammad Aslam Khan2*, Hasan Afzal3, Waheed Akhter4 and Imran Ali4
1Federal Government College of Commerce, Sector H-8/4, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2Faculty of Business Administration, Preston University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
3Independent Researcher, Hong Kong, 1903 Un Shing House, Un Chau Estate, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
4Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Lahore, Pakistan.
Accepted 8 June, 2011
Abstract
The aim of this study was to provide the reliability and validity of job factors and to analyze its association with demands-control model and activity participation in two time cross-sectional study of private and public sector commercial banks of Rawalpindi-Islamabad region. Two time self-reported cross-sectional surveys were conducted, the study samples consisted of 250 respondents at T1 and 200 respondents at T2. Appropriate internal consistencies of the five scales: demands, control, job stress, activity participation and social supports, were obtained. Finally, all five measures were associated with a highly significant ratio of job stress, and the effect was strongest for the AP ratio as predicted by fundamental theory.
Key words: Work overload, work control, organizational support, activity participation, demands-control-support model.