Predictors of Occupational Stress: An Exploratory Study
Published: 2010
Author(s) Name: Alok Chandra, Baldev R. Sharma
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Abstract
Based on an exploratory study
using a purposive sample of 53
managerial employees of a public
sector organization, this paper
has tried to assess the level
of occupational stress experienced
by the respondents. A subsequent
search for the predictors
of stress revealed that, out of the
eight potential predictors used
for the study, only two emerged
as the critical determinants of
stress. Both of these predictors
turned out to be aspects of the
organizational climate, suggesting
thereby the greater role played
by the situational factors (as
against the attributes of the person)
in creating occupational
stress. If subsequent research
studies come up with similar findings,
the outcome of this exploratory
study should be of interest
to both academicians as well as
practitioners.
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