The Effects of a Stress Management Program on Job Stress in a Hotel Culinary Staff.
- Author:
In Sook RHIE
1
;
Soon Lae KIM
Author Information
1. Walkerhill Inc., Korea. rhiskims@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Stress management program;
hotel culinary staff;
job stress
- MeSH:
Counseling;
Pamphlets
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2008;19(4):611-621
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of a stress management program on Job Stress in culinary staff at a Hotel. METHOD: This was a quasi-experimental study using non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 52 culinary staff members(head culinary, first culinary) working at a S hotel.(25 in the experimental group, 27 in the control group) The experimental group was provided with an individual counseling program for 12 weeks and 30 min/week. The control group was provided with booklets. Data were analyzed with SAS Program using repeated measures ANOVA. RESULTS: The stress management program was effective to improve job stressors and especially to relax interpersonal conflict among the sub-factors of job stress based on the results mentioned above. CONCLUSION: This program was effective in reducing job stress. However, further studies are required to measure persistent and long-term effects through the application of the program, which is specifically designed for reduce to job stress, for over 12 weeks.
