Abstract:
Organizational Role Stress (ORS) is experienced when the person feels stressed from the
responsibilities in managing personal life with professional. The feeling of dissatisfaction
occurs when the person experiences a mismatch between their expectations and job
performance outcomes. In today's scenario with increased intense competition among
workforce, large number of people are competing for limited job opportunities; they work
amidst challenges as getting fired, stagnation from routine job and delivering high level of
performance. The present study aims to find out the effect of ORS and Job Satisfaction on
Doctors, Engineers and Human Resource women professionals. Organizational Role Stress Scale (Pareek, 1983), job Satisfaction Inventory (Pestonjee, 1978) were used as tools. Total 180 samples of professional women were selected from purposive sampling method from various organizations of Ahmedabad and further divided as per experience: below 5 years and above
ten years. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS, 3x2 ANOVA. The findings showed that
out of ten role stressors for ORS; significant differences were found in RE, PI, RA, RIn. For
women with less than 5 years of work experience REe, RE, PI, RA, RIn proved to be significant.
For women with more than 10 years of work experience Significant differences were found in
all parameters except IRD. This showed that they face it difficult to maintain balance between
their personal and professional life and continuously experience role stress. Among the four
dimensions calculated for the job Satisfaction Inventory, significant differences were found in
job, Management, Social Relations, and Personal Adjustment.
