Job stress in the retail industry in St. John’s, Newfoundland ...
Typically, Retail jobs are considered to be rather stressful, and physically, and emotionally draining on incumbent workers. Yet, they tend to be low-paying occupations at the same time. In this research, the focus is on analyzing job stress and its predictors among Canadian-born and non-Canadian-bo...
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ftdatacite:10.48336/55rw-e595 2024-01-28T10:07:19+01:00 Job stress in the retail industry in St. John’s, Newfoundland ... Makhoul, Gerard 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.48336/55rw-e595 https://research.library.mun.ca/16264/ en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland ScholarlyArticle Text article-journal 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48336/55rw-e595 2024-01-04T12:16:51Z Typically, Retail jobs are considered to be rather stressful, and physically, and emotionally draining on incumbent workers. Yet, they tend to be low-paying occupations at the same time. In this research, the focus is on analyzing job stress and its predictors among Canadian-born and non-Canadian-born retail workers in St. John’s, NL. Although many studies have researched job stress and its causes in the retail industry, relatively few studies have explored the relationship between job stress in the retail industry. Moreover, one contribution of this paper is the focus on whether the retail worker is Canadian-born or non-Canadian-born, and their duration of stay in Canada. A quantitative research design was chosen for this study because it allows for an exploration of the strength of statistical relationships between different key variables. Via a survey distributed to multiple retail stores in St. John’s, NL, 105 usable surveys were received from participants. The results of the study show that most retail ... Text Newfoundland DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Canada |
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Typically, Retail jobs are considered to be rather stressful, and physically, and emotionally draining on incumbent workers. Yet, they tend to be low-paying occupations at the same time. In this research, the focus is on analyzing job stress and its predictors among Canadian-born and non-Canadian-born retail workers in St. John’s, NL. Although many studies have researched job stress and its causes in the retail industry, relatively few studies have explored the relationship between job stress in the retail industry. Moreover, one contribution of this paper is the focus on whether the retail worker is Canadian-born or non-Canadian-born, and their duration of stay in Canada. A quantitative research design was chosen for this study because it allows for an exploration of the strength of statistical relationships between different key variables. Via a survey distributed to multiple retail stores in St. John’s, NL, 105 usable surveys were received from participants. The results of the study show that most retail ... |
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