organisational stress - Pondicherry University DSpace Portal

Uatng the ORS Scale (Reek, 1983c,) Sen observed httledtflerence between the scores m the three banks but he foundmterestlng data about d~flerence stn role stresses at theorganrzattonal levels. Top level people obtiuned lower scores onrole stagnattons whereas clericals staff;abtamed the htghest scoreon thts d~menstons Sen. has tnterval staff obtatned the highestscore on thts dtmens~ons Sen has lntcrpretcd thls by obsemngthat people at the lowest level felt that thev were stagnattng both~ndtvlduall\ as well as role-wseHowever, this feelmg decreasedas people moved up In the hterarchvChaudhan (1990) exarntncd the mlattonshtp between rolesrress and job sattsfact~on among bank oflicers. The main findlngsof the stud! were as follows(a)Roic rroston and rrsource lnadquac!. were expcnenced asdominant whereas role amb~gutv and role expectattonconfltct as remote contnbutors of role smss among bankofftcers.(b)No significant drffemnces were oburvtd between the two agegroups on role stress dunenstons.