organisational stress - Pondicherry University DSpace Portal

Jennifer Smith (1998) stated that work place bullyingconsisting of victimization, pressure management, long hours,difficult duties, lack of support and unsought promotion results insuesr. She advocated that managers should be aware of changein atmosphere among staff, hold agenda free meetings andconduct exit interviews to identify work place bullying.Schuler (1980) defines stress 'as a dynamic condit~on inwhich an ~ndtvldual is (a) confronted ulth an opportunity forbe~ng / hanng / dolng what he desues and / or (b) confrontedwth a constralnt on being / havlng / doing what he destres and /or Ic] confronted wth a demand on beurg / havlng / dolng what hedes~ms and for whlch the resolution often 1s perceived to haveuncertainty but whlrh u~ll lead [upon resolut~on) to importantou tcomea-An oppommty is a dynam~ condition in which an indrvidualmay k able to be, haw or do what he desues LC., a situation ofpotrntd gwn. A wnstmtnt on the other hand, is a dynamic