Comparative study of stress level and work adjustment among the employees of public sector and private sector

Pages: 1395-1397
Manasvi Shrivastav (Junior Research Fellow (ICMR) Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar)
Anuradha Kotnala (Department of Clinical Psychology, DSVV, Haridwar)

Work and occupation derive from the fundamental needs to satisfy hunger and thirst, and to provide for bodily care and shelter. They have their roots in one or more of the basic drives. In the present study stress level of employees and their work adjustment has been studied. Stress in the job may be the result of several factors: changes in life styles, breaking down of traditional expansion, increased importance of meeting work deadlines and the high level of competitiveness. Adjustment is the second factor which is studied as related to work and working conditions. There are two independent variables in this research (i) Public and Private sector employees and (ii) income of the employees. Two dependent variables are (i) stress level and (ii) work adjustment. This research has been conducted among total 80 employees, 40 from private sector and 40 from public sector. These employees further divided into 20-20 as High Income Grade and Low Income Grade employees. Ex post facto research design has been used in research. To assess stress level, stress scale has been used which was developed by Singh; and to assess adjustment, adjustment inventory has been used which was developed by Misra and Srivastava. There are ten hypothesis has been developed by the researcher for research. There are significant difference has been found in work adjustment among High Income Grade and Low Income Grade employees of public sector, significant difference has been also found in the level of stress among Low Income Grade employees of public sector and Low Income Grade employees of private sector.