The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between four variables, namely, role ambiguity, role conflict, the resultant stress, and failure rate of the working part-time student. All variables were significantly and positively intercorrelated, with highest correlations between failure rate, stress and ambiguity. The positive correlation between role conflict and failure rate lost significance when stress and role ambiguity were partialled out. Results suggest that a higher failure rate is associated with high work stress and high role ambiguity.
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