The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia

As the nature of today organizational work setting is becoming more challenging, it could easily be said that stress is commonly experienced among staffs due to high demand of service quality in higher citadel of learning. Coupled with serious concerns as to how it affects psychological well-being,...

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Main Authors: Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif, Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas, Mutiu, Salami
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: World Conference.net 2016
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description As the nature of today organizational work setting is becoming more challenging, it could easily be said that stress is commonly experienced among staffs due to high demand of service quality in higher citadel of learning. Coupled with serious concerns as to how it affects psychological well-being, this study examines the impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia. 148 participants were selected and data were collected and analyzed through quantitative and correlational methods respectively. Results revealed as hypothesized as it was found that workers with high inner meaning fulfillment do experience lower level of workplace stress. Also, results revealed that there is significant positive relationship between religious identity and inner meaning fulfillment. These results confirmed the link between religiosity and mental health among Muslim participants as it has been reported among their counterparts in previous studies.
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spelling iium-541252017-01-17T04:24:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54125/ The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas Mutiu, Salami BF Psychology BF501 Motivation BP1 Islam As the nature of today organizational work setting is becoming more challenging, it could easily be said that stress is commonly experienced among staffs due to high demand of service quality in higher citadel of learning. Coupled with serious concerns as to how it affects psychological well-being, this study examines the impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia. 148 participants were selected and data were collected and analyzed through quantitative and correlational methods respectively. Results revealed as hypothesized as it was found that workers with high inner meaning fulfillment do experience lower level of workplace stress. Also, results revealed that there is significant positive relationship between religious identity and inner meaning fulfillment. These results confirmed the link between religiosity and mental health among Muslim participants as it has been reported among their counterparts in previous studies. World Conference.net 2016-07-18 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54125/1/54125_THE%20IMPACT%20OF%20RELIGIOUS%20IDENTITY%20ON%20THE%20RELATIONSHIP.pdf Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif and Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas and Mutiu, Salami (2016) The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia. In: 4th International Conference on Social Sciences Research (ICSSR 2016), 18-19th July 2016, Kuala Lumpur. https://worldconferences.net/proceedings/icssr2016/fullpapers/IC%20130%20THE%20IMPACT%20OF%20RELIGIOUS%20IDENTITY%20ON%20THE%20RELATIONSHIP%20BETWEEN%20WORKPLACE%20STRESS%20AND%20INNER%20MEANING.pdf
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The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia
title The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia
title_full The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia
title_fullStr The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia
title_short The impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in Malaysia
title_sort impact of religious identity on the relationship between workplace stress and inner meaning fulfillment among non-academic staff in a public university in malaysia
topic BF Psychology
BF501 Motivation
BP1 Islam
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/54125/1/54125_THE%20IMPACT%20OF%20RELIGIOUS%20IDENTITY%20ON%20THE%20RELATIONSHIP.pdf