| Document ID (ISN) | 53146 |
| CIS number |
90-344 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0267-8373 - Work and Stress |
| Year |
1988 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Jha S.S. |
| Title |
Job stress and employee strain in Indian executives |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Sep. 1988, Vol.2, No.3, p.233-237. Illus. 14 ref. |
| Abstract |
This paper reports on a study examining the effects of job stress on strain, the pattern of stress and strain in 3 different work groups, and differences in the levels of job stress and strain at various occupational levels. The respondents consisted of executives of a large steel manufacturing enterprise. Regression analysis indicated that job future ambiguity had a significant negative effect on job satisfaction in each group of executives. Furthermore, role overload (in the case of production executives) and role ambiguity (in the case of data processing executives) had negative effects on job satisfaction. Role overload accounted for fatigue among the personnel as well as among production executives. The data indicated that the patterns of stress and strain were different in the three groups of employees. The examination of differences due to occupational level indicated that middle-level executives had more role ambiguity than those at the higher levels. The implications of these findings are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
stress fatigue; stress evaluation; iron and steel industry; executives; mental stress |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
India; job dissatisfaction; developing countries; stress factors; questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mental stress and burnout
Iron and steel industry
|
