TO COMPARE THE WORKPLACE STRESS AND THE RELIEVING TECHNIQUE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN ABC CERAMIC COMPANY OF GUJARAT STATE

Abstract

Stress in the workplace reduces productivity, increases management pressures, and makes people ill in many ways, evidences of which are still increasing. So, it is very important for organizations to understand; manage and reduce stress at work.

The present study is significant as it targets the causes, the effects on the employees working in Production, finance & Account and HR  department  relating to certain demographic feature like age, position etc that might play a significant role in the levels of stress being caused in individuals. Data were collected with the help of questionnaire distributed amongst the 116 respondents which include 61 productions, 35 Finance &Accounts and 20 from HR department employees who were facing stress at their work place. The study will reduce the gap between what are the effective methods for stress management and other methods that would be used which is feasible for both the organizations to implement and the employees to adapt to. The descriptive & inferential statistical analysis revealed the significant differences in terms of sources, effects and relieving techniques used as coping instruments for stress. This research work concentrates on each facet of stress thereby trying to find out the perception view and functioning of individuals department and how they are affected through the questionnaire which studies the views of a generic group of the organization.