A Study of Impact of Work Stress on Managerial Creativity with Reference to Indian Executives

From the liberalisation of Indian Economy in 1991 to 2014,   India Incorp. has travelled a long distance. Struggling in a competitive global market and combating the challenges of multiyear widespread recession, it has become clear that the only organizations which will be able to survive and then go on to win the competition will be the organizations which value and nurture the creativity in its human resources, commonly referred to as managerial creativity. But the million dollar question is what managerial creativity is? How does one identify creativity, can it be learnt or are people born with it? What are key drivers of creativity in an organization?

It is a well accepted fact that all the pressures on the individual working in the organization results in an all pervasive, omnipotent stress. Every employee goes through stress in their everyday working.Infact; Work stress has become synonymous with work itself. Traditional Indian company managers seem to be governed by the perception that employees give out their best under stressful situations, so much so that many believe that people will not give their best if they are made comfortable. Is this really true? What impact does work stress actually have on managerial creativity? An obvious issue is how does one manage to balance both being creative which is very crucial and at the same time combat the influence of stress at work. In order to harness the creativity in managers, organizations have to find out ways to manage work stress.