STRESS MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO PERSONALITY TYPE OF WOMEN IN DIPLOMACY IN MYANMAR

Abstract

This paper on managing stress and personality type used the descriptive method of research to identify the personality types and assess the level of organizational stress in terms of work environment, inner self, and interpersonal relationship among 50 women diplomatic officers of various embassies based in Yangon, Myanmar from 2020-2021.The questionnaires were distributed and retrieved for analysis and interpretation according to the stated research problem. The statistical treatment used were frequency, percentage, weighted mean, and one-way analysis of variance. The results showed that regarding the profile of the women diplomatic officers, most of them are 41 years old and above, married and hold master's degree, with more than 10 years of experience in administration, supervise 1-5 employees, work from 8-12 hours a day on flexible time and are engaged in sports and recreation. As to personality type, 64% of the women diplomats have Type A personality behavior. In terms of stress levels, both Type A and B have Average levels of stress in Work Environment with the means of 3.23 and 2.74, respectively. For Inner self, Type A has Average or 2.90 mean and Type B has Low stress level at 2.29. These two types of women have also different stress level in terms of Interpersonal relationship where Type A has 3.58 or High level and Type B has 3.40 or Average level. Regarding the significant difference in the assessment of the level of organizational stress of women diplomats in terms of work environment, inner self and interpersonal relationship when grouped according to personality type, the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference in the assessment of women diplomats in their level of organizational stress when grouped according to personality type was rejected. Awareness of such stressors and relating these to personality types of individuals will enable these embassies to take steps to reduce the likelihood of experiencing the negative effects of stress.