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Table 2 Organizational and Job related characteristics of participants, Huajian shoe manufacturing, Dukem town, central Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 406)

From: Work related stress and associated factors among Huajian shoe manufacturing employees in Dukem town, central Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Organizational support

 Good

172

42.4

 Poor

234

57.6

Working conditions

 Good

127

31.3

 Poor

279

68.7

Job security

 Good

136

33.5

 Poor

270

66.5

Employees’ recognition

 Good

187

46.1

 Poor

219

53.9

Salary offers

 Satisfied

195

48.0

 Dissatisfied/poor

211

52.0

Work experience in the current organization in yearsa

 0.06–1.05

113

27.8

 1.06–2.01

102

25.1

 2.02–2.09

91

22.4

 > 2.09

100

24.6

Working hours per weekb

 ≤ 48

214

52.7

 > 48

192

47.3

Overtime working hours per monthb

 ≤ 20

95

23.4

 > 20

311

76.6

Time pressure

 High

249

61.3

 Low

157

38.7

Job demand attention

 High

261

64.3

 Low

145

35.7

Illness

 Yes

355

87.4

 No

51

12.5

Job control

 High

359

88.4

 Low

47

11.6

Resource

 Enough

182

44.8

 Scarcity

224

55.2

Learning opportunity

 Good

14

3.4

 Poor

392

96.6

Interaction of people with machine

 Good

302

74.4

 Poor

104

25.4

Physical environment

 Good

197

48.5

 Poor

209

51.5

  1. aQuartile classification
  2. bBased on Ethiopian labour proclamation 377/2003