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A hybrid decision-making framework to manage occupational stress in project-based organizations

Sazvar, Zeinab and Nayeri, Sina and Mirbagheri, Reza and Tanhaeean, Mehrab and Fallahpour, Alireza and Wong, Kuan Yew (2022) A hybrid decision-making framework to manage occupational stress in project-based organizations. Soft Computing, 26 (22). pp. 12445-12460. ISSN 1432-7643

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00500-022-07143-3

Abstract

According to recent studies in the field of human resource management (HRM), especially in project-based organizations (PBOs), stress is recognized as a factor that has a paramount significance on the performance of staff. Previous studies in organizational stress management have mainly focused on identifying job stressors and their effects on organizations. Contrary to the previous studies, this paper aims to propose a comprehensive decision-support system that includes identifying stressors, assessing organizational stress levels, and providing solutions to improve the performance of the organization. A questionnaire is designed and distributed among 170 senior managers of a major project-based organization in the field of the energy industry in Iran to determine organizational stressors. Based on the questionnaire results and considering the best worst method (BWM) as an approach to determine the weighting vector, the importance degree of each stressor is calculated. In the next stage, a decision-support model is developed to assess the stress level of a PBO through fuzzy inference systems (FIS). Some main advantages of the proposed hybrid decision-support model include (i) achieving high-reliable results by not-so-time-consuming computational volume and (ii) maintaining flexibility in adding new criteria to assess the occupational stress levels in PBOs. Based on the obtained results, six organizational stressors, including job incongruity, poor organizational structure, poor project environment, work overload, poor job promotion, and type A behavior, are identified. It is also found that the level of organizational stress is not ideal. Finally, some main recommendations are proposed to manage occupational stresses at the optimum level in the considered sector.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:best worst method, fuzzy inference system, occupational stress, project-based organization
Subjects:T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:Mechanical Engineering
ID Code:104127
Deposited By: Yanti Mohd Shah
Deposited On:17 Jan 2024 01:23
Last Modified:17 Jan 2024 01:23

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