Abstract

A STUDY ON EMPLOYEE STRESS MANAGEMENT IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

SACHIN SACHDEVA

Volume: 2 Issue: 4 2012

Abstract:

The biggest killer of human functioning and immunity is Stress. Stress is the psychological and physiological reaction that take place when individual perceive extra demand on the capacity to meet the demand. The objectives of the study are 1) To analyse the level of occupational stress among school teachers.2) To identify different methods and techniques to reduce job related stress. The study falls under descriptive research and hence descriptive research design was followed. The data was collected from primary sources. Questionnaire method was used.Non-Probability sampling technique was used to select sample of 80 school teachers of Rewari district of Haryana. The Questionnaire tool were employed to analyse data (Percentage). Finally this study concluded that school teachers face stress in managing their personal life with job and steps proved beneficial to reduce their stress

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