organisational stress - Pondicherry University DSpace Portal

It is more extreme than an ordinarily motivated state andmay be the same as a state of severe frustration or conflict.A threat must be present in the organisation.A threat must somehow be perceived by the individual.The integnry of the tndivldunl 1s somehow involved.A normal adjective (coping) response cannot be found.3.5 ORGANISATXONAL STRESSStress In an organtsatlon 1s ven common In present day~ndustr~es In rnanv job sltuatlons, h~gh levels of stress are antntegral and largel) unavoidable component of the work The needto cope W-IL~ cornplextty, ambtgu~ty, confl~ct and competingdemands ISa part of organlsattonal l~fe among tnd~wdualsoccupying dtfferent posluons Organ~sations are oftenunnecessarily stressful and have a negative unpact on mdmdual'sphys~cal and mental healthOrgan~sational stress ISthe process by which a firm ormstitution becomes deformed, slowly and systematically, by the