Consequences of Occupational Stress among Working Women: a Factor Analytical Study

This paper endeavors to examine consequences of occupational stress among working women by taking a sample of 600 working women from NCR region. Twenty five statements were administered to the working women. One way, two way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and factor analytical model have been used to analyse the data. The factor analytical model has reduced the thirty five statements in to six factors namely medical related problems, decline in growth of organisation, Lack of decision making, aggressiveness, decline in job targets and lack of motivation. These factors are statistically significant with age and education of working women. Occupational stress reduces the growth of organizations and also creates a lot of medical related problem. There is a need to formulate policies by organizations in such a manner that occupational stress should not harm the working women. There is a need to upgrade their skills and knowledge more frequently in order to reduce the stress among working women. There is a need to motivate the working women in order to reduce their stress at work place