Factors that Contribute to Occupational Stress of Offshore Workers

Abstract

Large costs associated with employee turnover due to stress among the offshore worker can be related to the individual and organisation factors. This article presents the relationship between individual and organisational factors toward occupational stress of off-shore worker. A quantitative method has been carried out to investigate the relation of interpersonal relationship, job characteristics, and organizational role toward stress among the operators in an offshore platform. Set of data has been gathered from respective respondents, then analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21.0. For the credential, the data were initially tested for its reliability, then were analysed using frequency analysis, Pearson's correlation analysis, coefficient regression analysis and SWOT analysis. The findings indicate that job characteristics, interpersonal relationship, organizational role have a significant
influence toward the occupational stress. However, this study shows that organizational role is identified as major contribution to the occupational stress of the
offshore workers. A few recommendations to manage stress among the workers have been identified. It is expected that this could reduce the number worker of turnover due to stress.