Abstract
In the competitive travel-transport field of coach tourism, coach drivers are far more commercially sensitive and susceptible to job stress than common bus drivers or professional drivers. However, few studies have discussed this issue or proposed strategies for alleviating job stress for coach drivers. The purpose of this study is to address the problem of job stress, using fuzzy MCDM (multiple criteria decision making) to examine the relationships between the various aspects of coach driver job stress and, ultimately, to suggest an optimal improvement plan according to the network relationship map (NRM).
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Liu, CH., Tzeng, GH., Lee, MH., Tseng, HL., Lee, PY. (2012). Using a Hybrid MCDM Model Combining Fuzzy DEMATEL Technique to Examine the Job Stress of Coach Driver. In: Watada, J., Watanabe, T., Phillips-Wren, G., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Intelligent Decision Technologies. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29920-9_16
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