A Study on Occupational Stress among Working Womens

Stress at the workplace has become an increasing phenomenon due to external factors such as technological advancement, changes in the economy of a country which might lead to becoming redundant and so on. Stress can be considered as an inevitable condition at least at one point in time or another; however, it can also be minimized to the extent that the productivity and health of the employee are maintained which could lead to a productive organization. Stress is also bound to occur in multinational companies where an operation is global and employees have a different cultural background. In today's changing and competitive work environment, the stress level is increasing both in the workers as well as the managers. As a result of this work stress, more and more managers are showing signs of chronic fatigue and burnout. Research has concluded that stressed out managers are not good for their companies or shareholders. In most cases, stress leads to reduced efficiency in even the best of individuals, which in turn leads to reduced productivity. Stress is a problem in almost all the countries of the world, irrespective of whether the economy is strong or weak. Therefore, it becomes very essential to include “work stress” as one of the chapters in studying human behavior, because we must know what is actually stress, what are the causes of stress.