The impact of job stress on employee productivity during Covid-19 pandemic at the aviation industry

Abstract

The aviation industry is significantly affected by the Covid-19 issue due to the travel ban policy to avoid any uncontrolled Covid-19 outbreak. This condition certainly produces stress that affects employee productivity. In this study, observations were made of the effect of Job stress and the stress on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic to the productivity of aviation engineering employees. The 65-person questionnaires were distributed to collect the data samples. The relationship of Job stress to Covid-19 stress issue to the employee productivity was analyzed using multivariate regression analysis. A series of statistical tests on the reliability of respondents' responses, R2 test, F-test, and t-test are conducted to strengthening research hypothesis analysis. The results showed that Job stress and Covid-19 stress parameters had a simultaneous effect on employee productivity. The Covid-19 parameter was more significant than Job stress to affect the productivity. The linear regression model showed R2 = 68.1% which meant the model reasonably fit the data. The analysis had also proof that the model met the regression, normality, and random requirements. For further research, it was required to formulate mitigation activities to minimize any risk of job and Covid-19 issue stress that significantly affected the employee productivity.