Job Stress on Government Officials: A Systematic Review

Nicky Kusuma Endylistyanta

doi:10.59890/ijeps.v3i4.70

Authors

Nicky Kusuma Endylistyanta University of Muhammadiyah Malang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59890/ijeps.v3i4.70

Keywords:

Job Stress, Work Stress, ASN, Civil Servant, Government Workers

Abstract

Work stress is a momentum experienced by workers that comes from work pressure. Government employees as part of formal work have a great chance of experiencing work stress. This systematic review aims to present the factors that trigger work stress in government employees in several countries. The findings of this systematic review are 15 factors that trigger work stress in government employees in 7 different countries. These factors are classified according to the source of the trigger into 3, namely internal individuals, organizations, and also the environment.

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