The Effects of Heat Stress on Job Satisfaction, Job Performance and Occupational Stress in Casting Workers

Dehghan, Habibollah; Mobinyzadeh, Vajiheh; Habibi, Peymaneh

doi:https://doi.org/10.17795/jjhs-36192

The Effects of Heat Stress on Job Satisfaction, Job Performance and Occupational Stress in Casting Workers

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Habibollah Dehghan ¹ ^¶

Vajiheh Mobinyzadeh ²

Peymaneh Habibi ¹

¹ Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran

² Student Research Center, School of Health, Isfahan Medical Sciences University, Isfahan, IR Iran

https://doi.org/10.17795/jjhs-36192

Abstract

Background: Job satisfaction, job performance, job stress and heat stress affect the productivity of workers.
Objectives: This research aimed to study the relationship between heat stress indices with job satisfaction, job performance and job stress in casting workers.
Patients and Methods: This descriptive-analytical cross sectional survey was performed during summer 2013 on one hundred casting workers. Data were collected by questionnaires of occupational stress, job satisfaction and job performance. Heat stress was measured by the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) and Heat Strain Score Index (HSSI) questionnaire. The data were analyzed using correlation coefficient by the SPSS16 software.
Results: The results showed that job satisfaction had a negative correlation with WBGT index (R = -0.42, P < 0.001) and HSSI (R = -0.49, P < 0.001). Also, there was no statistical correlation among occupational stress and job performance with heat stress indices.
Conclusions: The present study showed that heat stress had a negative effect on job satisfaction; also there were no significant effects on job stress and job performance.

Keywords

Heat Stress

Job Satisfaction

Job Performance

Job Stress

Heat Strain Score Index