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An Organisational Study on Stress in Work Place in Textile
Industry, Chennai
1. Tamil Selvan.S, Student,SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, INDIA.
2. Benita S. Monica, Assistant Professor, SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF
MANAGEMENT, INDIA
3. Ch.Bala Nageswara Rao, Director, SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT,
INDIA.
ABSTRACT
In this introduction to the special issue, the current key issues in the area of occupational
stress and its management are summarized. These include the link between stress and ill
health, job stressors and strain outcomes, work-life balance and individual worker
characteristics and the experience of occupational stress. The aim of the study is to find out
the stress in to analyse the importance of interventional strategies at organizational level to
manage stress among employees. The scope of the study has been limited to the impact of the
employees stress .Finally i conclude with the work stress is more which affect both physically
and psychologically well-being of any human.
INRTODUCTION
Stress is primarily a physical
response. When stressed, the body thinks it
is under attack and switches to fight or
flight, releasing a complex mix of
hormones. Stress is not a useful term for
scientists because it is such a highly
subjective phenomenon that it defies
definition. And if you can‟t describe stress,
how can you possibly measure it? The
term “stress”, as it is currently used was
coined by Hans Selye in 1936,Who
defined it as “the non-specific response of
the body to any demand for change”.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Stacciarini and Troccoli,
Stress at place of work is often referred to
as „occupational stress‟. The basic
rationale underpinning the concept is that
the work situation has certain demands,
and that problems in meeting these can
lead to illness or psychological distress.
Occupational stress is a major health
difficulty for both individual employees
and organizations, and can lead to burnout,
illness, labour turnover, absenteeism, poor
morale and reduced efficiency and
performance.
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Hence, stress is considered as one of the
contributing factors that influenced the
efficiency, absenteeism, increase in health
care costs and other unfavourable results
that associated with specific situations,
characteristics of the work environment,
and individual perceptions and reactions in
the context of the workplace
According to Lazarus and Folk man
Stress occurs when the demands that are
being placed upon a person tax or exceed
available resources as appraised by the
individual involved. When a stressful
situation actually occurs, one often forgets
all of the knowledge obtained on stress and
how to effectively manage it. Such a
response is part of being human since man
is vulnerable like all other living things.
Faulkner and PatiaThe workplace stands
out as a potentially important source of
stress purely because of the amount of
time that is spent in this setting. However,
the stress inducing features of the
workplace go beyond simply the time
involved. With the 17 financial security
and opportunities for advancement of
individuals being dependent upon their
performance, the pressure to perform often
makes the work situation potentially very
stressfulLambert and Lambert,
By comparison, in Japan, health care
providers, production factory workers,
VCT workers, salesmen, middle managers
of enterprises, and educators at all levels
have been identified as being most likely
to encounter workplace stress. However
there are differences between Japan and
the United States, in regards to work
related stress, likely is due to the cultural
differences that exist within the work
environments. What workers in one
country perceive as stressful, workers in
the other country may not perceive as
stressful. In addition, the role expectations
in the respective work settings are likely to
differ between the two countries.
Unfortunately, limited research and
publications existence that compare work
stress across cultures within the work
environment.
Van Rhenen et al.,High levels of stress
may also result in increased staff turnover,
higher accident rates, more physical ill- health, more psychological ill-health and
absenteeism. Absenteeism in particular has
become a major concern in industrialized
18 countries because of its economic
consequences. For instance, sickness
absence figures show that the loss of
working days for industry in the US
amounts to about 550 million (3–7%) each
year and for the UK this figure is 3.7% of
the total number of working days
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Lee and Ashforth,
Stress and job burnout also are related to
specific demands of work, including
overload, variations in workload, role
conflict, and role ambiguity. Workers who
perceive a high level of stress and resulting
job burnout have poor coping responses
and lack of job satisfaction, which often
erode commitment to the organization and
lead to higher turnover
Abrahamsonexplained that working
environment problems should be regarded
as production problems in order to achieve
the economic gains.
Nag and Patel Human suffering and
economic losses (the loss of man power
and productivity, increased cost towards
medical expenses, compensation and other
hidden liabilities such as replacement
labour and modification of workplace) are
the constant reminders to implement better
organizational work design, planning of
work time, work safety standard and
control technologies (Nag and Patel,
1998).
Graystated those occupational health
experts and others concerned with
employee health and medical expenses are
beginning to recognize that the hidden
costs of stress are enormous. Apparently
work-related stress is estimated to be the
biggest occupational health problem in the
United Kingdom (UK), after 19
musculoskeletal disorders such as back
problems and stress related sickness
absences cost an estimated £4 billion
annually.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To identify the factors influencing
the job stress of employees in the
working environment and
correlation between stressors
The objective of this project is to
understand the concept of job stress
and its impact on employees.
To identify measures to reduce
stress, in order to increase the skills
of the employees.
NEED OF THE STUDY
To study the effects of stress on
the health of employees.
To study the effect of stress on
productivity of an organization.
To study the effect of over load
on the stress level of
employees.
To analyse the importance of
interventional strategies at
managerial level to
manage stress
among employees.
