Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: December | Volume: 5 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 180-187
Management of Occupational Stress of Doctors in Vijayawada and Guntur Cities of Andhra Pradesh
Dr. D. M. Sheaba Rani1, Suresh Talamala2, K.Venkatarattaiah3
1Professor, Department of Commerce and Management Studies, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
2Assistant Professor, Vikas college of Engineering and Technology, Vijayawada.
3Full Time Research Scholar, Department of Commerce and Management Studies, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
Corresponding Author: Suresh Talamala
ABSTRACT
The present study discusses the management of occupational stress of doctors. It is studied in three levels which include 1. Personal level 2. Organisational level and 3. Psychological level. A sample of 608 doctors was surveyed both from Vijayawada and Guntur cities of Andhra Pradesh. Chi-square test is administered to know the association between variables in the questionnaire. The results revealed that at personal level yoga vs age and gender, exercise vs age and gender, therapies vs age and gender showed that the difference in the proportion is statistically significant at 5% level of significance. Hence the hypothesis is rejected, whereas, meditation vs gender, mind diversion vs age and gender, counselling vs gender is found to be insignificant. Therefore, the hypothesis is accepted. At organisational level respondents’ opinion on medical counselling vs gender is found to be significant and orientation/ workshop/ training vs gender and sabbatical leave vs gender are found to be insignificant. Regarding psychological aspects personality grooming vs age and gender perceptual changes vs gender and new learning avenues vs gender are significant and the opinion of the respondents on the above factors varied. Thus the hypothesis is rejected, whereas for attitude formation vs gender, self-motivation vs gender and relationship management vs gender are found to be insignificant and the opinion of the respondents is almost similar to each other. Hence the hypothesis is accepted and the variables are independent to each other.
Key words: management, occupational stress, doctors, self-motivation.
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