Volume : 9, Issue : 6, June - 2020

AN ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONGST WORKING WOMEN FROM TEACHING PROFESSION AT RAJKOT AND JAMNAGAR REGION IN GUJARAT, INDIA

Archana N Gadhavi, Dr. Pankaj K Trivedi

Abstract :

The main objective of study is to find the level of occupational stress and major demographic factors causing it amongst working women from teaching profession in Rajkot and Jamnagar region. The data is collected using structured questionnaire with very well known and pre-validated tool “Occupational Stress Index” developed by Srivastava and Singh (1984) from 763 respondents. The stress level amongst female university teachers was significantly higher than school teacher. The other demographic factors viz. designation, education and martial status were found insignificant for occupational stress. Based on finding, it was suggested that individual coping techniques can be used to reduce stress levels and women teachers at school and college can try to balance between good stress and bad stress.