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Organizational Health, Stress & Commitment during Global Financial Crisis


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1 Department of Psychology, M.S. University of Vadodara, Vadodara 390002, India
2 Institute of Rural Management, Anand 388001, India
     

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This paper presents results of a study on the impact of organization type (foreign exposure) on the employees' perception of organizational health, stress, and organizational commitment by 244 employees drawn from information technology, financial services, railways, and manufacturing organizations. Results suggested that employees from railways perceived better organizational health and scored significantly higher on organizational commitment than their counterparts from other organizations. The results are discussed in the light of the differential impact of the global melt down on different sectors.
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Urmi Nanda Biswas
Department of Psychology, M.S. University of Vadodara, Vadodara 390002, India
Saswata Narayan Biswas
Institute of Rural Management, Anand 388001, India

Abstract


This paper presents results of a study on the impact of organization type (foreign exposure) on the employees' perception of organizational health, stress, and organizational commitment by 244 employees drawn from information technology, financial services, railways, and manufacturing organizations. Results suggested that employees from railways perceived better organizational health and scored significantly higher on organizational commitment than their counterparts from other organizations. The results are discussed in the light of the differential impact of the global melt down on different sectors.

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