Phd. mat. Pricope Sorin pricopesorin@yahoo.

com
University of Petroani +(40)721 975 910
Phd. Psih.Pricope(Muntean) Luminia Doina munteanluminita1966@gmail.com
University of Petroani +(40)723 669 311

Critical study in mathematical approach of data processing in experimental

research on the phenomenon of organizational stress

Abstract :
This paper proposes four regression methods of processing experimental data to the
phenomenon of organizational stress. The four regression methods are: the method of linear
regression, polynomial regression method, the exponential regression method and logarithmic
regression method. Depending on the processing method we obtain an index R whose value
can vary depending on the method. The method that gets the lowest number R is the method
with the highest degree of reliability in researching the phenomenon of organizational stress.
Data-processing methods are much more numerous/ diverse, but we stopped on these four
herein. The database used for the study includes staff, decision makers, from EM Lonea
(Mine Lonea) and was collected in the field in August 2015.
Using mathematical regression formulas, we establish the laws of variation of the
phenomenon of stress within the organization Lonea Mine, Hunedoara County in Romania
and the confidence in each law of variation. Depending on the value of this ratio resulted from
each method of regression, comparing each other, we address in critical manner which of the
laws of variation caused by a particular method of regression is closer to the truth.

Key words :
Mathematical regression, mining, organizational stress, law of variation, compared criticity
Introdoction :
General concept of stress
Regardless if we want or not, we have to face with stress throughout our lives. It is a common
phenomenon but still we do not know how to guard against stress and its effects. We
experience anger, panic, apathy, we are tired, frustrated or fearful; rapid conclusion is: we are
stressed. And nothing is wrong: all of the above are masks of stress.
As etymology, stress as a concept comes from English and means "constraint, suffering" but
also has the sense of burden, stress, tension, being taken from physics, as excessive constraint

supported by a building material. In the modern sense we are interested in the study limits
(psychological and medical) to which man can face adversity.

Scourge of Humanity, we used to look at stress as something purely negative, although he has
a positive component. Stress, as an expression, and also as reality is so little understood. The
absence of stress is death, it means the absence of any physically and mentally response to
environmental stimuli.
Following physiological research, scholar defines the general adaptation syndrome as mental
stress and identifies three phases in the development and installation of the:
a)- alarm phase, with exacerbated symptoms, which generally mobilizes the body , to meet the
demands of extreme situations. This in turn has two components: the shock phase and
offensive phase.
b)- resistance phase as a systemic set of defense mechanisms, given by prolonged action of
noxious stimuli to which the organism has developed defense by personal means. In this
phase identifies the "cross-resistance": once became resistant to one type of stress, the body
increases its resistance threshold for other types of stress. This phase occurs if stress is
compatible with adaptation agent. The signs of alarm phase disappear, increasing resistance
above the normal.
c)- exhaustion phase when the body can no longer handle defense, adaptation is no longer
possible and usually ends with the death of the organism. At this stage adaptation, the energy
needed at a given time is exhausted, so the signs of alarm reappear, only now they are
irreversible, and if the stressor action continues, death occurs.
The length of the body resistance of the second phase varies from one organism to another,
but limited. Although we tend to think that once produced adaptation things go back to
normal, it is not. The energy required continuous adaptation is exhausted at a time, leaving the
body without resources.
Define and characterize the organizational stress
A particular stress is organizational stress. In literature, organizational stress is defined as an
emotional reaction type, cognitive and behavioral, due to aggressive and harmful aspects of
the work (referring here to the working environment, organizational climate). Another
definition, called stress as "those physical and emotional responses, harmful, occurring when
work demands do not match capabilities, resources and needs of the person, which may
damage or injury to health".
Organizational stress occurs in any organization, regardless of the number of employees,
workplace or other specific features. Discrepancy between work demands and individual
capacity to adapt characterize organizational stress, feeling of helplessness in solving,
increasing at a high level.

It is a category of mental stress, involving responses both physiological and emotional

(psychological, emotional appear first, then installing the physiological ones)

Both physiological and emotional responses and then cognitive - behavioral ones arise
from the characteristics of the job.
Arguments, Methodology, Research area.

In this paper, to study the issue of organizational stress for its quantification, and establishing
a parameter variation laws, will assess the results of a questionnaire of organizational stress,
consists of 7 chapters with 132 items (Chapter I -12 items, items Chapter II -18, -10 items
Chapter III, Chapter IV - 44 items, Chapter V - 11 items, Chapter VI- 16 items , Chapter VII 21 items), which addresses issues related to the profession plus biographical information ( 13
items), a total of 145 items. They collected a total of 52 valid tests, 77 tests, the organization's
employees Lonea Mine Hunedoara county, respectively decision makers. It will construct
eight functional matrices for each chapter plus a functional matrix for biographical
information. Each functional array will consist of rows and columns, to each the number of
lines is 52 (the number of available tests), and number of columns being given to the number
of items.
Arrays function will be: chapter I M1 (52x12), chapter II M2 (52x18), chapter III M3
(52x10), to Chapter IV M4 (52x44) ... Chapter VII M7 (52x21) for biographical information
M8 (52x13). These arrays will contain marked answers with values from 1 to 5 to each item
in the chapter given by each subject interviewed deciding factor.
As a principle and method we apply this critical study only 1 item of Chapter IV: "The source
of tension within your services" and only 1 item of Chapter VI: "The measure you feel you
can manage the situation at your place of work ". Working for all items of the 8 chapters the
paper it would work too extended. We want to establish a method of quantifying this
phenomenon of organizational stress and principles for determining the law of variation to
each item, for all 52 subjects interviewed decision makers by using multiple method of math
regression: polynomial, logarithmic, exponential and linear, is sufficient to apply only for two
items, each from a different chapter. It will be sufficient to establish the principle and method
of determining the law of variation as well as the confidence, depending on the mathematical
regression method. Each of the mentioned regression method will give a distinct variation law
with a different degree of confidence R. Mathematical regression method that will give the
variation law and the best confidence R, it will be considered for that item as the most faithful
to the truth and the law of variation of the most accurate organizational stress phenomenon.
Each interviewees will answer each item with answers graded from 1 to 5 representing
chapter IV 1 = definitely not the source of tension, 2 = generally not the source of tension, 3 =
neutral, 4 = usually is source of tension 5 = categoric is source of tension, and chapter VI: 1 =
I have no opinion, 2 = disagree pronounced disagreement 3 = moderate, 4 = moderately
agree, 5 = strongly agree pronounced. As was done for other items within the 8 chapters.
Interpretation of results

For Chapter IV the source of tension within your service" We apply these regression
methods for item nr.28 "changes (adding new tasks, due to lack of staff and personnel
qualification) in job requirements" of whose values are shown in Figures 1, No.2 and No.3,
and the four laws of variation resulting from mathematical regressions are in Figure No.4-law
variation using polynomial regression, figure No. 5-law variation using logarithmic
regression, figure No. 6-law variation using exponential regression, Figure No. 7-law
variation using linear regression.
Highest coefficient R is the resulted one and is shown in Figure No. 3, resulting from the
determined law variation of the phenomenon for item No. 2 in chapter I, using polynomial
regression.

Fig.1

Fig.2

Figura nr.3

To Figures No.1, No.2 and No.3 are visualized responses of 52 subjects interviewed
stakeholders, under Item No. 28 of Chapter IV, with grades from 1 to 5.
If we calculate by using the perfect weighted square mean, the coefficient of quantification of
the phenomenon characterized by the item No. 28 of Chapter IV, for the 52 subjects
interviewed decision makers Mine Lonea organization we get:
C4.28= [6x(1x1) + 14x(2x2) + 9x(3x3) + 20x((4x4) + 3x(5x5)] / [ 6x1 + 14x2 + 9x3 + 20x4 +
3x5] = 538 / 156 = 3,4487
This ratio number in conjunction with the graphs below, indicate an upward trend, increasing
the source of tension at work of the 52 subjects interviewed stakeholders. C4.3 This
coefficient was noted as C4.28, where C4 = Chapter IV, and 28 to item No. 28.

Figure 4The law of variation of the phenomenon determined by mathematical regression

polynomial type for the item 28 of Chapter IV

Figure 5The law of variation of the phenomenon determined using the logarithmic regression
mathematical for item 28 of Chapter IV

In the case of this item, the lowest rate of confidence for the variation law of the phenomenon
of stress is obtained by mathematical logarithmic regression method.

Figure 6The law of variation of the phenomenon determined using mathematical exponential
regression to item 28 of Chapter IV

Figure 7 Law of variation of the phenomenon determined using mathematical linear

regression to item 28 of Chapter IV.
For Chapter VI "The measure you feel you can manage the situation at your place of work"
We apply these methods regression item nr.3- "If you know what you want from your job, you
find out that job that satisfy your desire ', which amounts to answers marked from 1 to 5 are
represented and viewed in different ways in Figures 8, 9 and 10, and the four laws of variation
resulting from mathematical regressions Figure nr.11- are law of variation using polynomial
regression, figure no.12 law of variation using the logarithmic regression, figure no.13-law of
variation using exponential regression, figure- no.14 law of variation using linear regression.

Highest coefficient R is the one resulted and shown in Figure No. 11, as a result from
determining the law of variation of the phenomenon to item No. 3 of Chapter VI, using
polynomial regression.

Figure nr.8-Chapter VI Item 3

Figure nr.9 Chapter VI Item 3

Figure nr.10
Figures 8, 9 and 10 view the responses of 52 subjects, interviewed decision makers to item
No. 3 of Chapter VI, with grades from 1 to 5
If we calculate by using the perfect weighted square mean, the coefficient of quantification of
the phenomenon characterized by item No. 3 of Chapter VI, for the 52 subjects interviewed
decision makers Mine Lonea organization gets:
C6.3= [4x(1x1) + 7x(2x2) + 6x(3x3) + 26x((4x4) + 9x(5x5)] / [ 4x1 + 7x2 + 6x3 + 26x4 +
9x5] = 727 / 185 = 3,9297
This ratio in conjunction with the graphs below indicates the downward trend, the subjects
regarding the situation in the workplace rule. It noted that rate of C6.3: C6 = Chapter VI, and
3 to item No. 3.

Figure No. 11 Law of variation of the phenomenon determined by using mathematical

regression polynomial type for the item No. 3 of Chapter VI.

Figure No.12 Law of variation of the phenomenon determined using the logarithmic
regression mathematical for item No. 3 of Chapter VI.

Figure No.13 Law of variation of the phenomenon determined using mathematical

exponential regression to item No. 3 of Chapter VI.

Figure No.14 Law of variation of the phenomenon determined using mathematical linear
regression to item No. 3 of Chapter VI.
We note in this case that the law of variation of the stress phenomenon for item No. 3 of
Chapter VI, determined by mathematical exponential regression has the lowest rate of
confidence.
Conclusion
Determination as accurate quantification as can get of the phenomenon, organizational stress,
establish a level and a value scale, thereby lead to the possibility of improvement,
counteraction as much as possible destructive effects / negative performance of individual
operating in a organization, and in personal.

Stress as phenomenon can be quantified using mathematical formulations. You can use the
law of variation measurements using different mathematical regressions types: polynomial,
logarithmic, exponential and linear type. You can make these quantifications and using
weighting methods: geometric type, least squares type, perfect squares type, harmonic
weighting etc.
It is to choose that variation law that gives the highest confidence rate. The purpose consists
in the most accurate determination of this phenomenon, the math processing and presentation
in a form as more "palpable and material" to be able to undertake the most appropriate
measures and adequately as possible to optimize in terms of stress as a phenomenon the
individual environment. We refer to both the organizational environment in which the
individual carries on its activity as well as the personal.

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