Work Stress and Its Relationships with Employee Marital, Parent-Child and Sibling Relationships during Covid-19

Md Fazlul  Haque; Mohammad Faruk  Hasan; Mosa Tanjila  Shabnam; Sojib  Bhawmick; Shamima  Akter

doi:10.48165/sajssh.2023.4413

Authors

Md Fazlul Haque Associate Prof. Dept. of Sociology, Dhaka International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mohammad Faruk Hasan Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mosa Tanjila Shabnam Assistant Prof. of Dept. of Sociology, Dhaka International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sojib Bhawmick Lecturer in Economics, Dhaka International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Shamima Akter Lecturer in Economics, Dhaka International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/sajssh.2023.4413

Keywords:

Workload, Workplace Social Support, Change in Mode of Service, Work Stress, Employee Marital Relationship, Employee Parent-Child Relationship, Employee Sibling Relationships

Abstract

Work stress is a common phenomenon that has multi-dimensional impacts on employee’s private and professional life. It affects employees’ familial, social and other types of relationships. In pandemic situations like Covid-19, work stress is rising to an alarming level. This study aims to determine how stressors such as workload, workplace social support and change in the mode of service during covid-19 contribute to job stress and the relationship between job stress and employee family relationships such as marital, parent-child and sibling relationships. This research was carried out at Dhaka International University and WBB Trust in Dhaka, Bangladesh among 90 respondents. The study was based on a quantitative approach using a survey questionnaire as an instrument and utilized a random sampling method to obtain data. Results show a substantial correlation between work stress and employee marital connection (r=0.753), parent-child relationship (r=0.778), and sibling relationship (r=0.845), according to downhill linear associations. Regression analysis reveals that work stress is significantly correlated to the above employee family relationships with p-value 0.000 (p=0.000<0.05) respectively at 0.05 level of confidence. Recommendations such as further investigation among the government employees, rationalization of work schedules by employers, online and offline stress mitigation programs and real-time online and offline work role and family role awareness sessions were suggested based on the findings. To obtain a more exact response, it is also suggested to undertake additional research using a bigger sample size, a wider scope, and more components.

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