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The opinion of Fetzer Institute and the National Institute on Aging
Working Group (1999) on religiosity is a matter related to the behavior, social,

and doctrine of every religion and must be followed by its adherents. A similar

opinion was expressed by Boswell and Boswell (2010) that religiosity is

adherence to religious dogma and belief, moral expressions of belief in the form
of worship together or independent.

Sufficient work stress according to Handoko (2013) is able to improve

work performance but if work stress is too high it will produce very low job

performance. An organization needs to pay attention to work stress of its

employees to get an optimal work result. Research conducted by Astianto (2014)
shows an inverse relationship. An employee who experienced one unit increase

of work stress reduce his performance in amount 0.16. Astianto further added

sufficient work stress to encourage employees to respond the job challenges.

Sufficient work stress with the optimum level of loading intensity can spur

employee performance.
Organizations certainly doesn’t expect a decline in company

performance. Jamal (2011) states that there is an inverse linear relationship

between work stress and employee performance. Based on some of the above

research it is important for the organization to pay attention to the level of work

stress of its employees. Too little stimulus or job challenge or no work stress will
not be encouraged to show their best performance, but if the stress level of work

is too high it will potentially cause burnout or even depression.

Referring to the concepts put forward Robbins and Judge (2015) stress

is associated with demands and resources. Demands are the responsibility,
pressure, obligation, and uncertainty faced by individuals in the workplace.

Resources are things within the individual's control that he can use to resolve the

demands. Refers to the above concept of job insecurity with respect to demands

in the work environment whereas religiosity can be used as a resource that can
be managed by an employee.