COMPARISON OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS OF COACHES IN INDIA

Dr. Rahul Kanojia

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to compare occupational stress of coaches belonging to central government and state government and universities in India. All subjects were selected randomly. Overall 90 coaches 30 from central government, 30 from state governments and 30 from universities were selected for the study. Data on occupational stress were collected by using Occupational Stress Index (OSI) by A.K. Shrivastava and A.P.Singh. To compare occupational stress of coaches Analysis of Variance was used with 0.05 level of Significance. The findings of the study showed coaches employed under central government namely SAI were invariably higher in occupational stress and job satisfaction than their other counter part’s i.e. State government and universities coaches. It was also observed that all the three groups of coach’s level of occupational stress and job satisfaction were higher than the average level. Precisely in these two parameters central government coaches were found extremely high in occupational stress as well as job satisfaction followed by state government coaches. University coaches were found least in the job satisfaction and occupational stress among the three groups.

Key words: Occupational Stress, Central Government, State Government and Universities