This study to identify the reasons for stress between employees in government hospital in Malaysia. The objective of this research is to measures the association between job enrichment, facilities and job satisfaction with provenance of stress and measure the predictor provenance of stress among employees in government hospital. Stress experienced at work can have adverse results for the prosperity of individual employees and association as entirety. This study is quantitative in nature and questionnaires distributed to gather information from respondents based on 150 sample size. The data obtained through questionnaires was analyzed and evaluated by statistical test correlation and regression. Most of the results show moderate and strong relationship on provenance of stress. Finally, limitation of study is also recognized and identified after the research is done. There are recommendations to the government hospitals and for future research to be conducted for better understanding in future.
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To Cite this Article: Nordin, N. M., Mohamed, M., Ariffin, N. A., Hashim, N., & Zulkifli, N. A. E. (2020). The Provenance of Stress among Employees in Government Hospital in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(1), 33–45.
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