Exploring the Evidences of Occupational Stress to Burnout among Working Women in Selected Service Sectors in Tamil Nadu

Occupational stress is the double edged instrument that works out on positive and negative dimension within the individual at work places. The attributes related to inducement of occupational stress are inconsistent and routine in nature. It is varying at every work place. It depends upon the nature of work, type of work, working pattern, work place relationship and work demands. But the source of facing occupational stress and methods of managing it towards positive and negative consequence highly depends upon the individuals who are facing it. In addition to that, the point of reflection at which the insurmountable occupational stress encountered by individual lead to burnout. Burnout is the stage in which the outcome of occupational stress is shown by physical and biological expression by any individual. The stage of burnout may cause damages either within individuals or to their surrounding work places. In these circumstances, the working women at various work places encounter occupational stress which they are unable to tolerate. The outcome of intolerance and low ambiguity among working women lead to burnout. The stage of burnout cause personal and environmental damages for working women. The impact of burnout compared to men is higher among women in terms of personal, family, society, work places and so on. In service sectors, where the frequency of crossing occupational stress to burnout is higher among working women due to work nature and work pressure. In this aspect, the present research paper aims to address the aspect of identifying the instruments where the working women encounter the situation of burnout from occupational stress in selected service sectors.