Volume : II, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Organisational Stress: a Study with Special Reference to Tirupur Knitwear Industry

Dr. A. Jelince Dhinakar, Ms. S. Mekala

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Stress is a serious problem in everyone’s life that too much stress has an important part in the employees working in knitwear processing units of Tirupur. The article emphasizes that organizational stress plays a crucial part in the day-to-day work life of knitwear employees in Tirupur. The knitwear processing units here is in contrast to other sectors with odd working hours and indifferent work culture. The paper examines the employee’s level of stress due to organisational factors among five garment processing units in Tirupu such as knitting, dyeing, compacting, printing and garment making. The researchers have surveyed 150 employees from five knitwear processing units. Primary data have been collected through interview schedule. Data have been analysed with statistical tools such as percentage analysis, weighted average method, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) & Chi-Square tests. Stress and stress-factors differ across cultures and industries and hence, this article suggests some universally applicable optimistic stress-coping strategies for all employees.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Dr. A. Jelince Dhinakar, Ms. S.Mekala Organisational Stress: a Study with Special Reference to Tirupur Knitwear Industry International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 6 June 2013

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