All other professionalists once viewed that Teaching profession as a 'low stress occupation' and ... more All other professionalists once viewed that Teaching profession as a 'low stress occupation' and they have been envied for permanent status, low workload, flexibility and other facilities such as foreign trips for study and conference. However, many recent studies reveals that college faculty is among the most stressed occupational group. The present study was conducted to explain the teachers' perception towards occupational stress using established questions, data were collected from five different self-financing colleges. To collect the opinion about teaching and handling students, to find out the stress creators, to analysis of sharing stress problems faced by the College teachers.
Banking has become one of the highly competitive sectors in India. Since the beginning of this de... more Banking has become one of the highly competitive sectors in India. Since the beginning of this decade, banking organizations have been facing greater challenges in terms of technological revolution, service diversification and global banking. Stress is unavoidable on the part of the employees as the systems, procedures; techniques are getting complicated with the use of advance technology. Every employee cannot cope with such rapid changes taking place in the job. This may raise the stress of employees. The present research paper finds the reasons of stress among the bank employees and the measures taken by employees to cope the stress generated at workplace. It was found that a large number of employees in banks remained stressed. Majority of the employees tried to find solution to relieve them from stress. The paper suggests measures to overcome stress that affects their physical and mental health.
The genesis of stress research was in 1914, when Walter Cannon – a noted physiologist an early pi... more The genesis of stress research was in 1914, when Walter Cannon – a noted physiologist an early pioneer of stress for the first time described body " s reaction to stress. He identified stress reaction as " fight or flight, " an involuntary response that occurs in an emergency situation in which an individual must either confront or escape from a dangerous situation. Teaching profession was once viewed as a " low stress occupation " and they have been envied for tenure, light workload, flexibility and other perks such as foreign trips for study and conference. However, so me recent studies suggest that college faculty is among the most stressed occupational group. The present study was conducted to explore the faculty perception towards occupational stress using established questionnaire, data collected from five departments in the private colleges. To find opinion about teaching and handling students, to find out the stress creators, to find out techniques applied by the College faculties for managing stress.
All other professionalists once viewed that Teaching profession as a 'low stress occupation' and ... more All other professionalists once viewed that Teaching profession as a 'low stress occupation' and they have been envied for permanent status, low workload, flexibility and other facilities such as foreign trips for study and conference. However, many recent studies reveals that college faculty is among the most stressed occupational group. The present study was conducted to explain the teachers' perception towards occupational stress using established questions, data were collected from five different self-financing colleges. To collect the opinion about teaching and handling students, to find out the stress creators, to analysis of sharing stress problems faced by the College teachers.
Banking has become one of the highly competitive sectors in India. Since the beginning of this de... more Banking has become one of the highly competitive sectors in India. Since the beginning of this decade, banking organizations have been facing greater challenges in terms of technological revolution, service diversification and global banking. Stress is unavoidable on the part of the employees as the systems, procedures; techniques are getting complicated with the use of advance technology. Every employee cannot cope with such rapid changes taking place in the job. This may raise the stress of employees. The present research paper finds the reasons of stress among the bank employees and the measures taken by employees to cope the stress generated at workplace. It was found that a large number of employees in banks remained stressed. Majority of the employees tried to find solution to relieve them from stress. The paper suggests measures to overcome stress that affects their physical and mental health.
The genesis of stress research was in 1914, when Walter Cannon – a noted physiologist an early pi... more The genesis of stress research was in 1914, when Walter Cannon – a noted physiologist an early pioneer of stress for the first time described body " s reaction to stress. He identified stress reaction as " fight or flight, " an involuntary response that occurs in an emergency situation in which an individual must either confront or escape from a dangerous situation. Teaching profession was once viewed as a " low stress occupation " and they have been envied for tenure, light workload, flexibility and other perks such as foreign trips for study and conference. However, so me recent studies suggest that college faculty is among the most stressed occupational group. The present study was conducted to explore the faculty perception towards occupational stress using established questionnaire, data collected from five departments in the private colleges. To find opinion about teaching and handling students, to find out the stress creators, to find out techniques applied by the College faculties for managing stress.
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