Impact of Mental Workload on Job Satisfaction and Job Stress: A Study on Occupational Safety Experts

Yıl 2025, Sayı: 72, 59 - 79, 15.12.2025

Hüsre Gizem Akalp , Ahmet Erkasap

https://doi.org/10.26650/JECS2025-1643981

Öz

Occupational safety experts lead individuals to work safely in their workplaces and try to monitor their health. In this context, occupational safety experts have great responsibilities in solving the safety problems that employees may face, especially health problems that may develop due to work. Within the scope of this study, the effectiveness of the mental workload of occupational safety experts on job stress and job satisfaction is discussed. In this context, it is aimed to explain the effects of mental workload on the job stress and job satisfaction of occupational safety experts; thus, it is estimated that as workload increases, job stress will increase and job satisfaction will decrease. This study, which tries to explain the relationship in question, and making suggestions for occupational safety experts is of great importance in terms of both their psychological and physiological health. At the same time, the fact that such a relationship has not been examined before reveals the original importance of the study.

The study was conducted through an online survey distributed to 623 participants, who were occupational safety experts, using random sampling via ISG Katip, social media, and WhatsApp groups. The findings indicate that A-class experts exhibit higher job satisfaction than other categories. A strong positive correlation was found between mental workload and job stress (r=0.546; p<0.05), while a strong negative correlation was observed between mental workload and job satisfaction (r=-0.525; p<0.05). In addition, it was determined that there was a strong negative relationship between the participants’ job satisfaction and work-related stress levels (r: −0.572; p<0.05). This result means that when the participants’ job satis faction increases, their work-related stress levels decrease.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Job Stress , Job Satisfaction , Workload , Occupational Safety Expert

Etik Beyan

İstanbul Gedik University Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee, Session Date: 22.12.2023, Decision No: 2023/11.

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