Role of collectivism as a moderator in the relationship between organizational stress and mental health of managerial personnel

Pages:443-447
A. P. Singh and Vinod Kumar Gupta (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of collectivism as a moderator in the relationship between organizational stress and mental health among managers in private sector organizations. Manager’s mental health contributes in enhancing the production, effectiveness of organizations as well as psychological well-being. The present study was conducted on 210 managerial personnel and results reveal that organizational stress (total) is significantly negatively correlated with mental health. The results of stepwise multiple regression analysis show that organizational stress (total) emerge as a significant predictors to influence the mental health. Results also show that collectivism moderates the relationship of organizational stress and mental health among managerial personnel. The finding of this study will help in reducing the disability, absenteeism, job loss and subsequent unemployment of managers so that organizations will success in getting their goals.