Authors: Budi Yulianto1, Bhisma Murti2, Hartono3, Muhammad Masykuri 4
1Graduate of Student of Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
2Public Health Graduate of Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
3Medicine Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
4Education Science Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
Email: bbudi_yulianto@yahoo.co.id
Abstract
The noise exposure that exceeds NAB can cause the change of physiology, psychology, and employees’ behavior, including those employees who work in weaving subdivision in textile industry. Social capital is the social aspect that consists of trust, a norm for regulating the relation among members, and network, which can increase mental health and can be used as the access to health information, hence, it can influence the employees’ quality of life. This research was purposed to value the social capital effect toward the employees’ quality of life in noisy work environment through social stressor and the change of employees’ behavior. The design of this research was observational analytic by using cross sectional approach. The population of this research was all of the employees in weaving 1, weaving 2 and administration division in textile industry of PT. Kusumahadi Santosa Karanganyar, Middle East, Indonesia, from which 250 samples of people were taken by using simple random sampling method. The data was collected by using questioner and interviewing. The data was analyzed by using path analysis and applied partial Least Square method. The result of this research showed that social capital indirectly influenced the employees’ quality of life in noisy work environment, which was mediated by social stressor factor and the change of employees’ behavior (0.219). Despite the noisy work environment, the social capital factor needed to be increased though it did not directly influence the employees’ quality of life.
Keywords: Social capital, quality of life, environmental noise
