A Study of Prevalent Stress and Life Satisfaction Among Five Star Hotel Employees in Nepal
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2004
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Department of Psychology
Abstract
This research has two pronged aims. The first aim is to develop life
Event Inventory after collection of stressful life events from 800 sample of
professionals (N=700) and students (N=100). The Nepalese life stress
Inventory was administered on 10.18% employees (N=250) sample from all
(six) five star hotels. Systematic random sampling technique was used to
represent the population universe of 2455. The sample (N=250) consisted of
males (N=208) and females (N=42). Methods of study usedwere Standardized
Questionnaire: Locus of Control Inventory (Rao, 1985), General Health
Questionnaire (Goldberg and Williams, 1988), Life Satisfaction Scale (Warr,
1989), informal interview and participatory observation.
The second aim is to compute analysis of variables, showed that
married employees were less stressed, enjoyed good health and showed more
satisfaction in life than unmarried. Married were found to be more internal
than the unmarried. Married were high risk takers. Employees from terai were
high internality oriented than the employees from Hill and Mountain. Urban
employees showed high internality than the rural employees. Similarly Sino-
Tibetan employees showed high internality. Female employees also showed
high internality, good health andhigh life satisfaction. Further attempts were
made to test hypotheses. The difference of stress score in males and females
were not found significant (null hypothesis was retained). There was positive
and significant relation between life satisfaction and locus of control. The
difference of stress due to gender (biological) was not significant.
Employees scoring high in internality showed high life satisfaction.
The mean score of life events at hill region was greater than mean score of life
events at mountain and terai. Pearson correlation between life satisfaction and
general health was significant. Stress has negative effect on the well-being. In
covariate analysis age has significant effect on life satisfaction, and religion
has effect on health. The interaction effect of work experience and salary
together has the significant relation to life satisfaction.
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Life Satisfaction, Male-Female Differences