Time management and its impact on the level of work stress

A field study on employees in the security and solidarity services offices in the municipality of Al-Abyar

Abstract

The current study aims to determine the effect of time management on the level of job stress of the personnel of social security service bureau, Elabyar municipality. The study population consists of all the employees (106). A comprehensive survey method was employed along with a questionnaire as a tool of collecting the basic data. Out of one hundred and six questionnaires, ninety-five usable copies were recovered. Results be summarized as: 1. There was no impact of significance between time planning and the level of job stress. However, such impact existed between time organization and the level of job stress. Moreover, there was significant effect between both time direction and time monitoring and the level of job stress. 2. There was significant impact among time management functions and the level of job stress, as the determination coefficient amount to 0.074, which means that 7 percent of the change in the level of job stress was due to the change in time management functions. The degree of impact β was 0.090, that is, the increase by one degree in the level of time management functions results in decrease in job stress by 0.090. 3. The level of job stress was high, as the arithmetic means reached 3.8884, which suggests unsatisfactory level of job stress, that is, the increased level of job stress was due to decreasing efficiency of time management.