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STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF WORK STRESS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON THE HAPPINESS OF CAREER WOMEN - AROMATHERAPY AS MODERATOR VARIABLE
STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF WORK STRESS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON THE HAPPINESS OF CAREER WOMEN - AROMATHERAPY AS MODERATOR VARIABLE
Hsiao-Ting Chiu
Doctoral Candidate
The Graduate Institute of Design Science, Tatung University
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Po-Ying Chu
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Design, Tatung University
Abstract
Taiwan’s National Development Council Population Estimate (2021) revealed that Taiwan’s 15-64-year-old female labor force continues to increase, which may be related to population growth, medical progress, and social structure. Longer careers and pressure have given women in the workplace more than ever Women have greater pressure in life and work. Similarly, the British survey also found that women aged 25-54 are under more stress than men. The peak of female stress falls between 35-44 years old, which is 1.4 times that of males of the same age. In view of this, this study reviews the literature and seeks factors that can reduce work pressure and improve women's happiness. In this study, work stress and social support are the main variables that affect the well-being of career woman, and aromatic essential oils and therapy are the adjustment variables that regulate work pressure. In order to quickly collect a large number of career woman's opinions, this study distributed questionnaires at high-speed rail stations in Taichung City and Kaohsiung City, Taipei City, and collected 290 valid questionnaires. The results of the linear structural equation model show that work pressure will negatively affect the well-being of respondents, among which work burden and inner conflict have the most obvious influence; social support positively affects well-being; aromatherapy plays the role of work pressure which affects well-being Sense of adjustment variables. In addition, the model analysis results show that there is a high negative correlation between work pressure and social support, which means that the higher the social support that respondents feel in the workplace, the lower their inner work pressure feeling.
Keywords: career women, happiness, work pressure, social support
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