A Comparative Study of Defence Personnel and Railway Employees on Occupational Stress and Coping Style

Occupational stress and burnout have become the buzz words of the 1990’s for human resource department throughout all of industry and in particular of the human service industry. Occupational stress has become a serious health issue, not just in terms of an individual’s mental and physical well-being, but also for employers and governments who have begun to assess the financial consequences of work stress. Coping style is known to influence an individual’s experience of stress. The aim of the study was to compare defence personnel and railway employees on occupational stress and coping style. For the same the data was collected on 100 employees with the age range of 22 to 30 years. The data was calculated using occupational stress index scale and coping strategies scale. Result was calculated using t-test. The result highlights that there are significant differences have only been observed on three aspects which include two coping strategies (Behavioral Approach and Behavioral Avoidance Approach) and one occupational stress (Strenuous working conditions) dimension.