Tracing stress symptoms: an empirical study of manufacturing industry

Irbha Magotra ()
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Irbha Magotra: Fairfield institute of management and Technology, New Delhi, India

Journal of Human Resource Management, 2016, vol. 19, issue 2, 44-55

Abstract: The present study aimed to get an insight into the kind of symptoms of work stress experienced by employees in middle level management of the manufacturing industry. A sample of 103 middle level employees from manufacturing organizations of Jammu region (India) has been utilized in the study. The results uncover eleven indicators of stress, namely, paranoid behaviour, physical reactions, personal habits, lack of quality sleep, emotional volatility, receptive instability, sleep turmoil, fatigue syndrome, emotional detachment, diet and anxiety indicators and work syndrome. The study suggested that these indicators can be used as screening kit for the purpose of identification of stress among the employees whose overlook can push the employees towards the trench of stress.

Keywords: stress; symptoms; factor analysis; manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 J81 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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