Title: Workplace ergonomics and job stress among academicians of higher education: an Indian perspective

Authors: Pankaj Agarwal; Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay; Anuj; Vishal Sagar

Addresses: School of Management, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India ' COER University, Roorkee, India ' School of Management, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India ' School of Management, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract: Academic work has traditionally been regarded as non-stressful but this is no longer the case worldwide. Academicians accommodate a professional group who possibly experience stress and musculoskeletal problems due to a variety of causes such as thirst to gain knowledge, research work, student's evaluation, preparing lectures, extended sitting and standing in the same posture, extensive use of the computer, administrative work, placement responsibilities, huge pressure to excel in a career, etc. Although a variety of reasons affect musculoskeletal conditions and job stress of academicians, ergonomics plays a pivotal role in increasing/decreasing it. Hence, the current study intends to inspect the above relationship and issues statistically. Data were assembled from academicians working in higher education institutions (HEIs) of Uttarakhand, India. Results reveal a significant direct negative association between workplace ergonomics and job stress. Even in the presence of mediating variable (WMSD), the direct effect between WE and JS was found significant.

Keywords: workplace ergonomics; WE; job stress; JS; work-related musculoskeletal disorders; WMSDs; academicians; higher education institutions; HEIs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2023.132900

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2023 Vol.31 No.3, pp.295 - 316

Received: 02 Nov 2020
Accepted: 08 Mar 2021
Published online: 16 Aug 2023 *

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