Relationship between Age, Job Stress and Job Satisfaction

Pages: 79-81
Narinder Singh (Department of Human Development & Family Relation, Govt. Home Science College, Chandigarh)
Chitra Dhiman (Department of Psychology, Netaji Subash National Institute of Sports, Patiala)
Deepika Sangwan (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh)
Ravinder Yadav (Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh)

The work environment is complex constructs in the organizations consisting of different perceptions, attitude, value, and beliefs which play a significant role in moderating the relationship between work stress and job satisfaction. The major objective of study was to study occupational stress with respect to age and job satisfaction. The sample of 120 (N = 120), 60 male and 60 female physicians of the government hospitals, was randomly selected from the government hospitals in Chandigarh. Occupational Stress Index (Srivastava and Singh, 1981) was used to measure the level of job stress and Job Satisfaction Inventory (Singh and Sharma, 1999) was used to measure the attitude of the physicians towards their job (job satisfaction). Three levels of age (24-29, 30-35, & 36-41) and three levels of job satisfaction (Low satisfaction, moderate satisfaction, & high satisfaction) were taken to see if they differ on occupational stress. Two way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to analyze the data. The findings explored that younger age group had significantly higher level of job stress as compared to the elder age medical professionals. Moreover, highly satisfied participants had revealed significantly lower job stress than low satisfied participants.