Influence of Role Overload and Workaholic on Resilience of Employees in an Automotive Industry Company: Job Stress As the Mediator

Authors

  • Ananyalak Puawisit Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University
  • Thawan Nieamsup Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University

Keywords:

Role overload, Workaholic, Resilience, Job stress

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the direct effect and indirect effect of role overload and workaholic on the resilience of employees in an automotive industry company with job stress as the mediator. The sample was 227 employees in an automotive industry company from simple random sampling. Data were collected by questionnaires. Statistical methods used for analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient, and analysis of direct and indirect influences with Bootstrapping.

The research found that: the role overload and workaholic had the variance on resilience 33.27% and 55.40%, respectively; role overload and workaholic had direct effect on job stress of employees in an automotive industry company with statistically significant at .05 (.647 and .787); job stress had direct effect on resilience of employees in an automotive industry company with statistically significant at .05 (-.081 and -.092); and role overload and workaholic had indirect effect on resilience of employees in an automotive industry company with job stress as a the mediator with statistically significant at .05 (-.052 and -.072).

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2025-06-30