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European Journal of Business &
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ISSN: 2235-767X
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January 2019
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Stress and Burnout
Nandini
Asstt. Prof of Commerce
Arya (P.G) College,
Panipat
ABSTRACT
Stress is the state of tension a person face in his life. Workplace stress is which an
individual faces at his place of work like demanding job and unrealistic targets. Hence a
study was conducted with an aim to assess stress level of educators and organizational
policy to beat that stress in educational institutions and to know the ways they overcome
the stress. The study was descriptive in nature. A sample of 30 employees from the four
educational institutions was the unit of inquiry. The data was gathered through a
questionnaire in the month of December 2017.The findings of the study showed that
majority of employees were facing stress because of heavy workload. Around half of the
workers were distressing by keep silent or be in the company of jolly people. A few
institutes had their own policy to overcome stress, and half of the workers were satisfied
by institutional practices. All employees were eager to learn strategies to overcome
stress.
Keywords: stress and burnout, educational institutions, strategies to overcome stress.
Introduction
Stress is the rising concern among employees. It’s not only affects employee health
rather hampers the financial health of the organization. Stress has hindered the
professional and personal life of the employees which necessitude the need for the
work life balance in organization. The systematic approach towards work life balance
would help employees to attain individual as well as organizational goals. Sometimes
workplace stress cause acute tension which adversely affects body and mind like blood
pressure, high sugar level and heart attacks in extreme cases. This stress put negative
impact on individual’s productivity and career. There may be many reasons for work
place stress as job dissatisfaction, job design, compensation, relationship with co- workers, physical environment
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It’s really important to deal with this stress for personal and spiritual growth. institutions
should also take initiative to provide tension free environment to its workers. It’s the
demand of time if both want to survive in competitive world.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
To recognize the main reasons behind stress and less productivity.
To make positive steps towards solving this problem.
Find an easy way to tackle workplace stress.
Methodology
30 Teachers from Four co educational institutions were selected to collect data. In this
study of workplace stress self developed, structured, closed ended questionnaire was
used for data collection. It has helped us to analyze the reason for workplace stress and
different ways to manage it either on personal level or organization level. A sample of
30 employees from four institutions covered under study was drawn randomly. On the
basis of this data we have calculated frequencies and percentage.
Results and discussions
occupational information of the employees have been taken in table 1
The employees information about the nature of their employment, working hours,
Duration of rest, and respondent facing stress is reported here.
Table 1: Occupational information of the employees
Occupational information of the employees Respondent
(N = 30)
F %
Nature of Employment
Permanent 15 50
Temporary 15 50
Total 30 100
Total working hours
5-6 hours 14 47
6-7 hours 11 37
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7-8 hours 5 16
Total 30 100
Duration of rest
Less than 1 hour 13 43
1-2 hour 12 40
2-3 hour 5 17
Total 30 100
Respondent facing stress
Yes 23 77
No 4 13
Sometimes 3 10
Total 30 100
A sample of 30 employees was selected. The overall extent of stress faced by
employees was considered on the basis of score obtained by them. Percentage has
been calculated.
It was found that 77% employees were facing stress and only 10% were having no
stress at work. Around half the employees were working 5-6 hrs daily, only 17% were
working for long hours. Majority of workers were having less than 1 hour rest time, only
17% employees were enjoying long rest du ration about 2-3 hrs.
Reasons for workplace stress
This section deals with reason for stress which includes heavy workload, disturbed
mind of work, disagreement with cliques, unpleasant physical environment, unexpected
meetings, lack of work culture, and any other.
Table 2: Reasons for workplace stress
Reason for workplace stress Respondent
(N = 30)
F %
Heavy workload 18 60
Disturbed mind of work 7 23
Discrepancy with fellow workers 9 30
Unpleasant work environment 6 20
Unexpected meetings & pressures 14 46
Lack of work culture 5 16
