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Abstract

The taxi industry plays a significant role in urban transportation systems in commercial and flexible terms. This study aimed to investigate drivers’ overall pressures and constraints, such as; physical, psychological, and social pressures. The goal of this study was to provide practical recommendations for the betterment of this industry, such as approved authentic work timings, workload reduction, maximum 8 hours driving, and fixed stops to detect, distinguish and treat physical and mental health related to the job specification, training, and development courses to cope with mental, physical, and occupational stress to promote positive changes. The study consisted of 8 male taxi drivers recruited using a purposive sampling technique. A qualitative research design was used. A series of questions was administered to taxi drivers after taking consent from the participants. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data after data collection. This article provides an inclusive evaluation of work conditions and factors that impact upon overall well-being of taxi drivers. The result indicates that social pressures, physical health, psychological health, financial pressures and Unhealthy work conditions impact upon overall well-being of the taxi-drivers.

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unhealthy work conditions law and legislation physical health psychological health social pressures

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Author Biography

Ayesha Rasheed, Applied Psychology Department, Lahore College for Women University, Punjab, Pakistan

Ayesha Rasheed has been done her MS. Health Psychology in 2016 from Lahore College for Women University Lahore, Pakistan. She had been worked as psychologist and Lecturer-psychology at Lahore. Moreover, she is also a Doctorate scholar, who presented her thesis to the University for foreign review on 21, September 2022. She has presented her work at national and international conferences and has five publications, with many more in the pipeline. Her research area includes organizational psychology, scale development and social psychology. She can be contacted at ayesha_lcwu@yahoo.com.

How to Cite
Rasheed, A. (2023). Thematic analysis: Physical, psychological, and social pressures on taxi drivers of Lahore. INSPIRA: Indonesian Journal of Psychological Research, 4(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.32505/inspira.v4i1.4307

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