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Work stress among managers of business organizations in Bangladesh


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Islam, Md. Asadul and Jantan, Amer Hamzah Bin and Bashir, Md. Abdul and Masud, Md. Sohel and Roy, Banarupa (2017) Work stress among managers of business organizations in Bangladesh. The International Journal of Business and Management, 5 (10). 16 - 23. ISSN 2321-8916

Abstract

This paper aims to identify the sources and levels of work stress experienced by frontline, middle and senior managers within business organizations in Bangladesh. Six factors are considered as the major antecedents of work stress namely role overload (qualitative), role overload (quantitative), role conflict, role ambiguity, responsibility for others and career development. Study has used a cross-sectional survey to collect quantitative data from 457 respondents in particular three managerial positions, frontline, middle and senior from 36 randomly selected business organizations operating in private sector of Bangladesh. Results have revealed that 80.40% of participants experience moderate levels of work stress in their workplace. Career development and responsibility for others are identified as the most significant sources of work stress in Bangladeshi business organizations. Role conflict and role ambiguity have been found as stressors causing reasonably least amount of work stress among the participants. Since there has been no study, previously, identifying the sources and levels of work stress in Bangladeshi business organisations, the significance of this research lies in its highlighting of the specific factors causing work stress among the business managers in this country.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Economics and Management
Publisher: Globeedu Group
Keywords: Stress; Factors; Managers; Bangladesh; Responsibility
Depositing User: Mohd Hafiz Che Mahasan
Date Deposited: 30 Nov 2018 03:33
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2018 03:33
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63726
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