The Psychological and Social Effects Resulted from Unpaid Salaries to the Palestinian Authority Employees

The Psychological and Social Effects Resulted from Unpaid Salaries to the Palestinian Authority Employees

Mohammed Asalia, Abed El-Raouf Al-Tala?

asslea123@yahoo.com

Received : 12-06-2006 , Accepted : 10-04-2007

Language: Arabic

Abstract

This study aimed at determining the psychological and social effects resulted from unpaid salaries to the Palestinian Authority employees and to find out if there are significant differences in these effects due to gender, salary value, political affiliation. The study was conducted on a sample of 120 employees (60 males and 60 females), by using the scale of the psychological and social effects which was designed by the researchers. The results of the study revealed that most of the psychological and social effects which resulted from the unpaid salaries were:, stress, anxiety, losing enjoyment of life, depression, psychosomatic, loneliness, meaningless, indifference and criminality. In addition, there were significant differences due to gender in criminality variable in favor of males. Also, results indicated that the long the period of unpaid salaries, the worse the psychological condition was Psychological and social effects were negative, where there were a feeling of sorrow, anger, irritation, depression, stress and then meaningless, indifference and loneliness. Significant differences existed according to political affiliation in: stress, anxiety, losing enjoyment of life, depression, psychosomatic, loneliness, meaningless indifference, criminality and it has more effect on Fateh movement affiliation in total degree. Lastly, the result of the study showed there were no significant differences according to the salary value.

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