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International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences

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Analysis on Ergonomic Factor of Duties and Organizations towards Stress and Occupational Disease in Manufacturing Industry in Malaysia

Mohd Nasir Selamat, Nik Hairi Omar, Rusyda Helma Mohd, Siti Fardaniah Abd Aziz, Fatin Nur Alia Hamid

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARAFMS/v11-i3/10813

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Stress and occupational disease are the main issues that need to be addressed by the organization. Unconcerned organizations on this issue will provide a negative impact on employees and organizations and contributing to the increase in work accidents, employee absences problems, and the rise in non-infectious diseases at work. Previous studies show that safety and health problems including stress and occupational disease occur mainly in the manufacturing industry. This study will try to seek an answer whether the ergonomic factors of duties and organizations are related to the increase of stress and occupational disease in the manufacturing industry? A total of 843 respondents from few companies and states in Malaysia were reviewed and analysed. The findings of the study indicated that most group workers were unaware of ergonomics-related problems at work place. The research found that there was a significant relationship between the ergonomics factors of organizations and duties with stress and work-related disease in manufacturing industry. Therefore, several initiatives should be taken by the organizations to improve employee performance especially in relation to the implementation of ergonomics aspects and emphasize on safety and health campaign widely.

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In-Text Citation: (Selamat et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Selamat, M. N., Omar, N. H., Mohd, R. H., Aziz, S. F. A., & Hamid, F. N. A. (2021). Analysis on Ergonomic Factor of Duties and Organizations towards Stress and Occupational Disease in Manufacturing Industry in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences, 11(3), 177–190.