Kandidatuppsats : En kvantitativ studie om Stress i förhållande till Arbetsmiljö, Personlighet och Work-Life Balance

Sammanfattning

An effect of Covid-19 was the introduction of remote work or work from home, this is avery debated topic and could bring both positive and negative effects for individuals levels of stress. Therefore this study aims to research the relationship between general stress and variables such as work placement, work life balance and the personality trait extraversion. The study included 94 participants between the ages of 20 to 60 years old, working in the office industry. This includes working in an office full time (the full-time office group), or in some other way such as from home or a combination of the two (the other group). The validated questionnaires used to collect data were Big Five Inventory (BFI), PSS-10 and Work Impact on Personal Life (WIPL). The study hypothesized that WLB would have a significant relationship with stress which was confirmed after the analysis. Furthermore the study hypothesized that there would be two significant interactions between work placement x WLB, and work placement x extraversion. Neither of these interactions were significant. The method used in this study is a linear regression analysis. The results of this study concluded that WLB was a significant predictor for stress, no other variable had a significant relationship to stress. These results suggest that good WLB can lead to lower levels of stress. Although a correlational study cannot fully draw a conclusion about causation.