WORK STRESS- A COMPARATIVE STUDY AMONG NURSES.pdf (original) (raw)

2014, PRERANA Journal of Management Thought and Practice

This survey based descriptive research has been undertaken in Tirunelveli District, Tamilnadu as comparative study to identify and differentiate sources of stress, impact of stress and coping strategies of nurses working in four core departments (ward, operation theatre, intensive care unit and casualty) in private hospitals. Sources of stress have been identified and differentiated in terms of role, work load, working hour, organization structure and policy, work shift, interpersonal relationship at the workplace, lack of professionalism and professional self doubt, career development and pay, lack of resources, physical environment and welfare facilities, discrimination and sexual harassment, attitude towards work, home-work conflict, doctor and patient related stressors. Impact of stress has been identified and differentiated in terms of job performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and health. The study has sampled 360 nurses from 45 general types of private hospitals using stratified sampling technique. Mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, Kruskal Wallis test and multiple regression models have been used to analyse the data. The result indicated that the extent of perception of majority of the nurses working in all four departments towards sources of stress and impact of stress have been at medium. The study has given suitable suggestions to overcome the stress.