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The Association Between Work-related Stressors and Work Performance: A case study among Executives of Group Human Capital of Maybank Berhad

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Izmayani Sa’adin, Abdul Malek A. Tambi, Sharifah Faezah Syed Abdul Karim, Nor Zarina Mohd Salim

Pages 490-498 Received: 20 Dec, 2017 Revised: 12 Jan, 2018 Published Online: 03 Feb, 2018

http://dx.doi.org/10.46886/IJARBSS/v8-i1/3822
The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between work-related stressors and work performance among Group Human Capital executives of Maybank Berhad, the largest bank in Malaysia. A questionnaire survey was carried out at the bank’s head office in Kuala Lumpur. The questionnaire utilized a five-point Likert scale to measure five constructs, namely work stress, situational work control, work intensification, work relationship and work performance. A total of 99 executives participated in this study. Standard statistical data analysis techniques were used to obtain descriptive and inferential statistics from the data. In particular, correlation and regression analyses were used to test the relationship between work performance and the other variables. The findings of the study showed that situational work control had no significant relationship with work performance. Also work intensification and work relationship were found to have a negative relationship with work performance.
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In-Text Citation: (Sa’adin, Tambi, Karim, & Salim, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Sa’adin, I., Tambi, A. M. A., Karim, S. F. S. A., & Salim, N. Z. M. (2018). The Association Between Work-related Stressors and Work Performance: a case study among Executives of Group Human Capital of Maybank Berhad. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(1), 490–498.