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TITLE LEISURE AND STRESS OF WOMAN MANAGERS IN BANGKOK.
AUTHOR ROJAREG RUNGSEEVONK
DEGREE MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM IN POPULATION AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
FACULTY INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
ADVISOR CHANYA SETHAPUT
CO-ADVISOR PIMONPAN ISARABHAKDI
NIPA KAEWSRI-NGARM
 
ABSTRACT
The objective of this research was to investigate the leisure of woman managers in Bangkok and the factors affecting their stress, which included personal, economic, social support and time factors. The investigation was divided into 2 parts. The first part contained secondary data from the survey project,” Family and work responsibilities, health status and marital stability of woman managers” by Chanya Sethaput and Umaporn Pataravanich (1998). The population was 954 married woman working as middle-level managers. Their youngest children were not over 18 years old. They were working in the government services, state enterprises and private sectors. The second part contained data from an in-depth interview with 7 woman managers in May 2002.Quantitative data were analyzed by multiple regression to obtain percentage, mean and correlation. Content analysis was employed to analyze qualitative data. The research findings revealed that leisure did not affect stress levels of woman managers. The factors affecting stress were age, education and relationship with husbands. Stress increased with the age of the managers and the higher educated group were less stressed than those with a lower level of education. Regarding relationship with husbands, the managers who had more problems with their husbands had higher stress than those with fewer problems.
KEYWORD STRESS / LEISURE / WOMAN MANAGER
 
FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES. MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY. THAILAND
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