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| Published: March 31, 2021
Locus of Control and Stress in Organisations
Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Department of Psychology, Annamalai University, India Google Scholar More about the auther
HOD, Department of Psychology, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.170/20210901
DOI: 10.25215/0901.170
ABSTRACT
There are numerous possibilities leading to stress at workplace. These include conditions like high expectations from the employees or too much work load which leads to isolation of individual from others. In such cases, the individual feels that his knowledge is insufficient for performing the role. Also, there could be conditions where the resources allocated are not sufficient as per the requirements of the work or when there is a lack of communication among the members of the organization leading to the lack of growth in the job, etc. Additionally, the changing nature of work, in the context of globalization and increased technology, has led to a sharp increase in occupational stress. High rates of mergers, acquisitions, increasing economic interdependence among countries due to globalization, technological development, and restructuring have changed the organizational work culture; which in turn have resulted in time pressure, excessive work demand, role conflicts and problematic customer relationships, all of which are contributing to the accumulated stress. This document attempts to collate various facets of personality factors and organisational factors which contribute to stress in the work environment. Also, described are some coping strategies employed by internals. Although the theories meant originally for western societies are imposed on Asian studies, a concerted effort needs to be made for study of stress with respect to the Indian work environment, especially with stress intensive studies, especially in the IT sector.
Keywords
Belief, Burn out, Expectancy, Externals, Illusory control Internal, Locus of Control, Persistence, Predictive Control Primary Control, Interpretive Control, Reinforcement Value, Secondary Control, Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem, Stress, Vicarious control
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© 2021, Chaudhary K., Pandey S.& Goel V.
Received: January 31, 2021; Revision Received: March 24, 2021; Accepted: March 31, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.170/20210901
10.25215/0901.170
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 1, January-March, 2021