Assessing the characteristics of work-related stress in public sector organizaitons (original) (raw)
2011, Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business
In relation to work related environment, stress is extensively discussed around the globe. Public sector work environment in Pakistan is also no exception to this discussion. The study was conducted to analyze whether the work environment of Pakistan Audit Department was significantly stress-provoking. Quantitative results were obtained through questionnaire survey. By adopting non-probability convenience sampling technique, the population was divided into three strata and at least 20% of each stratum was taken as sample (n=93). Though overall results did not prove a significant relationship between work environment and stress, yet certain inconsistent associations were observed. Women were found more vulnerable to stress than men in certain respects and work environment did have some stress-related health outcomes for the employees.
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