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Table 4 The relationship between high stress among employees and the workplace environment

From: Occupational stress: evidence from industries affected by COVID-19 in Japan

 

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Variables

Civil servant

Medical

Wholesale retail

Accommodation /restaurant

Service Industry(other)

Real Estate

Professional service

Workplace

 Tough workload quantity

4.185***

5.578***

4.208***

4.694***

3.328***

3.742***

5.892***

(0.026)

(0.360)

(0.890)

(0.131)

(0.166)

(0.891)

(0.429)

 Tough workload quality

2.960***

1.228***

4.754***

2.887***

3.402***

2.419**

1.893***

(0.030)

(0.390)

(1.015)

(0.150)

(0.182)

(0.948)

(0.433)

 Tough workload body burden

0.362***

0.065

−1.537**

0.652***

0.921***

−0.361

1.535***

(0.015)

(0.209)

(0.648)

(0.079)

(0.104)

(0.693)

(0.263)

 Tough workplace inter-person relationship

3.896***

4.266***

3.495***

3.932***

4.088***

3.554***

5.176***

(0.029)

(0.376)

(1.015)

(0.134)

(0.181)

(1.011)

(0.402)

 Awful physical workplace environment

1.447***

1.882***

0.723

1.466***

1.429***

1.079

1.371***

(0.017)

(0.226)

(0.673)

(0.085)

(0.102)

(0.660)

(0.240)

 Good job control

− 2.311***

− 1.422***

−2.474**

− 2.705***

−2.102***

− 1.141

− 1.401***

(0.026)

(0.335)

(0.976)

(0.123)

(0.166)

(0.944)

(0.371)

 Use of possessed skills

−0.456***

0.387

−0.426

−0.488***

−0.115

−2.441***

− 0.137

(0.022)

(0.262)

(0.693)

(0.100)

(0.133)

(0.736)

(0.297)

 Appropriate matching to work content

−2.102***

−1.938***

− 1.493

− 2.872***

− 2.170***

−2.504***

−1.526***

(0.026)

(0.356)

(0.907)

(0.126)

(0.162)

(0.925)

(0.376)

 Work reward balance

−2.586***

− 2.415***

−3.522***

−2.107***

− 2.831***

−2.024**

−3.510***

(0.026)

(0.351)

(0.921)

(0.126)

(0.161)

(0.953)

(0.349)

Surrounding support

 Support from boss

−1.278***

−1.514***

−2.891***

− 1.438***

− 1.431***

− 3.010***

−1.429***

(0.028)

(0.357)

(0.999)

(0.122)

(0.167)

(1.035)

(0.386)

 Support from colleague

−1.282***

− 1.376***

0.431

−0.844***

−0.879***

1.614

− 0.120

(0.030)

(0.375)

(1.047)

(0.123)

(0.176)

(1.071)

(0.385)

 Support from family friend

−2.051***

−1.767***

−0.990

−2.184***

− 1.754***

−3.488***

− 2.534***

(0.022)

(0.286)

(0.769)

(0.105)

(0.142)

(0.702)

(0.293)

 Constant

57.739***

53.467***

57.983***

58.159***

56.456***

68.629***

49.716***

(0.157)

(1.972)

(4.963)

(0.793)

(1.007)

(5.319)

(2.275)

Observations

591,356

3514

498

28,591

15,390

473

3275

R-squared

0.446

0.436

0.460

0.435

0.422

0.458

0.447

 

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Variables

Construction

Education

Entertainment

Manufacturing

Transportation/postal

Information/communication

Workplace

 Tough workload quantity

3.950***

3.182***

4.319***

3.815***

4.037***

5.636***

(0.368)

(0.497)

(0.195)

(0.812)

(0.111)

(0.350)

 Tough workload quality

3.374***

4.443***

2.844***

2.508***

3.292***

1.735***

(0.408)

(0.589)

(0.222)

(0.829)

(0.122)

(0.368)

 Tough workload body burden

−0.457**

−0.013

0.311***

−0.193

−0.053

0.291

(0.215)

(0.361)

(0.117)

(0.452)

(0.064)

(0.201)

 Tough workplace inter-person relationship

5.065***

3.530***

3.962***

2.986***

4.988***

5.321***

(0.392)

(0.556)

(0.196)

(0.889)

(0.116)

(0.355)

 Awful physical workplace environment

1.453***

2.143***

1.451***

1.626***

1.136***

0.683***

(0.226)

(0.334)

(0.128)

(0.511)

(0.068)

(0.221)

 Good job control

−2.032***

−1.896***

−2.644***

−3.059***

−2.041***

−0.890***

(0.342)

(0.508)

(0.185)

(0.812)

(0.106)

(0.310)

 Use of possessed skills

−0.486*

−0.553

− 0.366***

0.153

− 0.592***

0.129

(0.268)

(0.383)

(0.134)

(0.587)

(0.083)

(0.257)

 Appropriate matching to work content

−1.740***

− 1.275**

−1.981***

− 1.886**

−1.930***

−2.965***

(0.369)

(0.530)

(0.196)

(0.765)

(0.101)

(0.327)

 Work reward balance

−3.333***

−2.990***

− 2.488***

−5.104***

− 2.763***

−2.712***

(0.348)

(0.510)

(0.196)

(0.709)

(0.102)

(0.310)

Surrounding support

 Support from boss

−1.034***

−1.644***

−0.551***

0.345

−1.120***

−1.344***

(0.362)

(0.489)

(0.174)

(0.731)

(0.110)

(0.366)

 Support from colleague

−1.764***

−0.288

−1.453***

− 1.329

− 0.657***

− 0.595

(0.367)

(0.501)

(0.179)

(0.827)

(0.114)

(0.368)

 Support from family friend

−1.082***

−2.183***

−2.069***

−0.753

− 2.028***

− 1.825***

(0.285)

(0.394)

(0.150)

(0.651)

(0.087)

(0.273)

 Constant

55.214***

56.489***

57.978***

63.141***

55.495***

51.124***

(2.173)

(2.936)

(1.131)

(4.751)

(0.642)

(1.951)

Observations

3493

1727

12,820

650

39,228

3621

R-squared

0.453

0.443

0.431

0.386

0.416

0.438

  1. Coefficients and robust standard errors are displayed in Table. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1