Differences of work stress between nurses as members of an informal group and those of non members in hospitals at Medan

Informal group is a group formed of similar interests or hobbies, in a formal organization. Its members are employee of the organization. Informal group are often perceived as a threat to the organization. they provide benefits for members like acknowledgment, expressing ideas, gaining information, social support, problem solving and work motivation. Individuals without motivational support and low social relationships will be prone to be stressed in the workplace. Factors gratly affecting individual work stress are supports from others. Such supports can be obtained from the sourroundings such as family, friends, leaders or informal groups. The purpose of this study is to determine differences in work stress of nurses members of an informal group with non members. Observational study design with cross sectional study was applied in this research. A sample of 58 nurses was taken radomly at two hospitals in the city Medan. The result indicate that 0.185. this show no influence on informal group with the level of work stress. Futhermore, on the results of the alpha t test of 0.05 with pvalue 0.000, there was significant difference between members and non members of the informal group.