Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Occupational stress is becoming a major issue in both corporate and social\nagenda .In industrialized countries, there have been quite dramatic changes\nin the conditions at work, during the last decade ,caused by economic,\nsocial and technical development. As a consequence, the people today at\nwork are exposed to high quantitative and qualitative demands as well as\nhard competition caused by global economy. A recent report says that\nailments due to work related stress is likely to cost India’s exchequer\naround 72000 crores between 2009 and 2015. Though India is a fast\ndeveloping country, it is yet to create facilities to mitigate the adverse\neffects of work stress, more over only little efforts have been made to\nassess the work related stress.In the absence of well defined standards to assess the work related\nstress in India, an attempt is made in this direction to develop the factors for\nthe evaluation of work stress. Accordingly, with the help of existing\nliterature and in consultation with the safety experts, seven factors for the\nevaluation of work stress is developed. An instrument ( Questionnaire) was\ndeveloped using these seven factors for the evaluation of work stress .The\nvalidity , and unidimensionality of the questionnaire was ensured by\nconfirmatory factor analysis. The reliability of the questionnaire was\nensured before administration. While analyzing the relation ship between\nthe variables, it is noted that no relationship exists between them, and\nhence the above factors are treated as independent factors/ variables for the\npurpose of research .Initially five profit making manufacturing industries, under public\nsector in the state of Kerala, were selected for the study. The influence of\nfactors responsible for work stress is analyzed in these industries. These\nindustries were classified in to two types, namely chemical and heavy\nengineering ,based on the product manufactured and work environment and\nthe analysis is further carried out for these two categories.The variation of work stress with different age , designation and\nexperience of the employees are analyzed by means of one-way ANOVA.\nFurther three different type of modelling of work stress, namely factor\nmodelling, structural equation modelling and multinomial logistic\nregression modelling was done to analyze the association of factors\nresponsible for work stress. All these models are found equally good in\npredicting the work stress.The present study indicates that work stress exists among the\nemployees in public sector industries in Kerala. Employees belonging to\nage group 40-45yrs and experience groups 15-20yrs had relatively higher\nwork demand ,low job control, and low support at work. Low job control\nwas noted among lower designation levels, particularly at the worker level\nin these industries. Hence the instrument developed using the seven factors\nnamely demand, control, manager support, peer support, relationship, role\nand change can be effectively used for the evaluation of work stress in\nindustries.
Author: Satheesh Kumar K
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2133819469