Quality of Working Life of Palm Tappers in Eastern Indonesia

Palm tappers are workers who spend a lot of time with their work. The conditions of work and the working environment greatly affect their working life. So far attention and assessment of the quality of work life palm tappers still very limited. This study to determine the palm tappers’s QWLin eastern Indonesia. 15 palm tappersselected as the subject of the study by proportional stratified random sampling technique. The main research instrument was a questionnaire of QWL has tested its validity. Analysis of the data quality of working life is a descriptive. The results of study showed (1) the QWL questionnaire was valid and realliable to measure the QWLof palm tappers; (2) quality of work life of palm tappers are at medium levels. The study recommended that ergonomic intervention is necessary to improve the QWLof palm tappers in eastern Indonesia.