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organizations. Some of the results of h~s study revealed t6at hlgherlevel executives expenenced less stress and stram, utllutd bettercopmg strategter and enjoyed more positlve outcomes. Alsoexecunves of pu bhcs sector organuatlons expenenced less effmvecoplng strateees and rated themselves as less effective than theucounterparts from the pnvate sector. The results also revealedthan suc dunenstons of stress, namely, lack of group cohesiveness,feekng of inequtty, lack of supemsory support, role amhguity. jobrequuement capab~l~ty mlsmatch and Inadequacy of role authorityhad a ncgatlve hnear rclationsh~p whlle role conflrct and roleambigu~n had an ~nvened u-shaped relauonsh~p wthperformancePestonejec and Slngh's (1987) stud? revealed that managersand s\stems anallsts In pnvate organuations have more stressand satlsfact~on when compared wth theu counterparts m pubbcorganwnonSen (1981) in hta study investigated the mam role stresseserpenenced by employees in banks at dflennt levels and thecoping auategies adopted by them.