Occupational Stress, Job Satisfaction & Mental Health among Employees of Government and Non-government Sectors

The purpose of the present study was to compare occupational stress, job satisfaction & mental health among employees of government and non-government sectors. In the present study the data was collected from government and non-government sectors (schools, colleges, companies & banks). A sample of 100 employees (50 government employees and 50 non-government employees) was selected randomly.  The sample was equally distributed as per the gender. For this purpose of investigation “Occupational Stress Index” develop by Dr. A.K.Srivastava & Dr. A.P.Singh , Job Satisfaction Scale develop by Dr.Amar Singh & Dr. T.R.Sharma , and Employee’s Mental Health Inventory develop by Dr. Jagdish were used. Data was analyzed using Mean’s, SD’s and t values. The finding showed that there is no significant difference in occupational stress, job satisfaction and mental health with respect to both sectors and gender. Result also showed that job satisfaction and mental health (0.149) dimensions were found positively correlated and job satisfaction (-0.186) and mental health (-0.108) were found negatively correlated with occupational stress.