The Effect of Social Support of Job Stress of PT. X Makassar Employees

摘要

Stress is a condition in which a person experiences feelings of stress in dealing with problems or tasks that must be completed. The PT. X employees who are required to carry out their duties professionally are not spared from the stressful work conditions. The purpose of this study was to find out whether there was an influence of social support on the work stress of employees in PT. X. The population in the study were PT. X employees, then a sample was 30 employees. Social support and work stress are measured using a psychological scale that is a valid social support scale of 16 items, and a valid work stress scale of 14 items. The reliability of the social support scale and work stress was tested using the Cronbach alpha statistical test> 0.6, including the reliability test results of a scale of 0.959 which means very high reliability. The statistical test uses a regression test with a significance value for social support of 0.202 (p> 0.05) which means that social support has a significant effect on employee job stress.