THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE PERSONALITY TRAITS, PERCEIVED STRESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT ON QUALITY OF WORK LIFE OF OPERATIONAL EMPLOYEES SELECTED FOR LAYOFF
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The objectives of this study were to: 1) study the impact of employee personality traits
on quality of work life of operational employees selected for layoff, 2) study the impact of
perceived stress on quality of work life of operational employees selected for layoff, and
3) study the impact of stress management on quality of work life of operational employees selected for layoff. The tool was the close-ended questionnaire, which was verified by the experts. The reliability test of 0.936 was shown in this study. The statistics used was the descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including the multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that there was an impact of employee personality traits on quality of work life of operational employees selected for layoff, except the agreeableness and the neuroticism factors. In addition, there was an impact of perceived stress on quality of work life of operational employees selected for layoff. It was also found that there was an impact of stress management on quality of work life of operational employees selected for layoff, except the step of finding strategy and technique to cope with stress, with a statistical significance of 0.05.
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