organisational stress - Pondicherry University DSpace Portal

condition in which an individual may be prevented from being,having or doing what he desires, ul essence a potential status quosituation. A demand 1s a dynamic condition in which what antndlvidual desires to be, have or do may be diminished or removeda potential situation of loss. Stress is associated with any one ofthese sltuaoons. Frequently ~ndimduals experience stress of all thethree types from one cond~rion. For eg: an indivldual may be in acondit~on in whlch (s) he along wth two other individual may be ina condttton In which (s) he along ~7th two other indimduals isbeing considered lor promotion. The indivldual perceives thatpromotion u?ll lead to constraints on his / her pnvacy and theautonomy to work on special project and even lead to severaldemands resulting in a general deter~orat~on of the body as apossible consequence of less sleep, more hours at work and lessexercise. So, the more dynamic condltlons 01 opporrunity.constratnt and / or demand an indrvtdual confronts the morestress (s) he wll potentially have. But Selye (1956) 1s of theopinlon that the potentla1 stress only becomes actual or real stresswth who other cond~t~ons; resoluaon Uncer?atnty and ~mportantoutcomes. That 1s when an indiwdual is not able to cope up withthe situat~on and he is not cenain about the way to adapt to thestmatlon and he is also uncenam about its outcome, then actualor real strraa ia generated. Baaed on the explanations given by44