Job Stress during COVID – 19 Pandemic among Teaching and Non – Teaching Employees Working in Constituent Colleges of L. N. Mithila University, India (original) (raw)

2020, Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The present inquiry was aimed at studying the job stress and its stressors during COVID-19 pandemic among teaching and non-teaching employees working in constituent colleges of L. N. Mithila University, Darbhanga, India. For the present study total sample consisted of one hundred fifty employees (N=150) comprising teaching (n=75) and nonteaching (n=75) which were selected by contacting online on mobile, whats App, facebook and Google mail during COVID-19 pandemic. Data collected through questionnaire schedules using Occupational Stress Index (OSI) developed by Singh and Srivastava (1981). Having collected the data on each item of the index, data were tabulated according to procedures and norms of the OSI for giving statistical treatment. Results revealed the fact that significant difference have been found in terms of total occupational stress between the group of teaching and non-teaching employees during pandemic, whereas, seven dimensions / stressors of occupational stress out of twelve, namely, Role overload, Role ambiguity, Role conflict, Unreasonable group and political pressure, Responsibility for persons, Under participation and Strenuous working conditions have also been emerged as the predictors of occupational stress between the group of teaching and non-teaching employees during COVID-19 pandemic. It is interestingly to note that non-teaching employees were found more prone to job stress during COVID-19 pandemic than the teaching employees while working in constituent colleges of LNMU. The discrepancy of results obtained has been discussed in detail by highlighting the probable reasons.

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