Occupational stress of employees in an electronic company: comparison of JDC and ERI models

Objective The occupational stress of employees in an electronic company was studied with JDC and ERI models.

Methods Totally 892 employees in an electronic company were investigated with the Chinese version of job content questionnaire(JCQ)based on job demand-control (JDC)model and effort-reward imbalance (ERI) questionnaire model.

Results Among 892 employees, the positive rates of occupational stress calculated based on the JDC and ERI models were 48.5% and 10.5%, respectively. The multivariate logistic analysis indicated that marital status, physical health conditions, monthly income and education level were the influence factors of occupational stress calculated based on the JDC model. The risk of occupational stress was 1.66 (the unmarried vs. married), 2.25 and 3.09 (the poor vs. moderate health and good health condition), 2.20 (the monthly income lower than 4 000 RMB vs. others) and 2.20 (the higher vs. lower education), respectively(P < 0.01). For the occupational stress calculated based on ERI model, the multivariate logistic analysis showed that marital status and physical health conditions were the influence factors. The risk of occupational stress was 1.97 (the unmarried vs. married) and 6.16 (the poor vs. good health condition)(P < 0.01).

Conclusion The occupational stress of employees in the electronic company is obvious and more attention should be paid to specific subgroups of workers. The intervention measures, including mental health education, should be taken regularly to alleviate workers' occupational stress.