Indian Journal of Industrial Relations: Economics & Social Dev.

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Modelling a Relationship between Role Stress & Locus of Control


Affiliations
1 Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


Work plays a central role in the lives of many people, and thus the impact of occupational stress is an important issue for both individual employees and the organizations in which they work. Stress experienced at work can have adverse outcomes for the well-being of individual employees and organization as a whole. The present study aims to investigate the causes of role stress among doctors working in government hospitals in Kashmir and to understand the influence of a personality construct “Locus of Control” on Role Stress. Findings of the study revealed that doctors with external locus of control and high internal locus of control are the serious sufferers of organizational role stress.
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


Abstract Views: 337

PDF Views: 0




  • Modelling a Relationship between Role Stress & Locus of Control

Abstract Views: 337  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

Irfana Rashid
Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Parvaiz Talib
Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


Work plays a central role in the lives of many people, and thus the impact of occupational stress is an important issue for both individual employees and the organizations in which they work. Stress experienced at work can have adverse outcomes for the well-being of individual employees and organization as a whole. The present study aims to investigate the causes of role stress among doctors working in government hospitals in Kashmir and to understand the influence of a personality construct “Locus of Control” on Role Stress. Findings of the study revealed that doctors with external locus of control and high internal locus of control are the serious sufferers of organizational role stress.