DIAGNÓSTICO DEL ESTRÉS LABORAL EN UNA INDUSTRIA DE PRODUCCIÓN DE CAFÉ SOLUBLE EN LA CIUDAD DE GUAYAQUIL

Abstract

In Ecuador since June 2017 the Ministry of labor issued the eradication of discrimination in the workplace in its article 9 states the obligation to implement a psychosocial risk prevention program. In the city of Guayaquil, no statistics are known about the diagnosis of work stress in public or private production companies. The objective of this study is to diagnose the level of work stress in a coffee production company in the period from January 2018 to 2019. It is a cross – sectional descriptive study based on the Karasek questionnaire made to a sample of 125 people. The statistics were grouped into variants demographic sex- age and other. This study showed a high level of stress in certain areas as well as two-dimensional correlation of the analysis demand and social support which will work as a starting point to create mechanisms of action that reduces work stress.