Organizational Role Stress of Women Agricultural Officers in Kerala

Abstract

Stress can be defined as an adverse reaction that people experience when external demands exceed their internal
capabilities. Empirical studies in recent times focused on the causal factors of stress, stress manifestations, moderators of
stress and strain relationship, types of stress experienced by diverse groups and the types of coping strategies. The present
study was conducted in the state of Kerala to study the organizational role stress among women extension personnel.
Research design followed in this study was Expost -facto. Asample comprising of sixty women agricultural officers from
Kerala State Department of Agriculture were selected through multistage random sampling. Organizational Role Stress
(ORS) was measured using a Likert-type scale developed by Udai Pareek (1983) consisting of 50 items divided into 10
dimensions. The study found that family role stress is high for women agricultural officers than work role stress. Further
non-parametric Friedman test showed that there was a statistically significant difference among agricultural officers
regarding different role stresses.