Organisational role stress among women executives in the corporate sector in Punjab

Abstract

Data from a micro survey of women executives in Ludhiana shows that women are becoming more and more career conscious, they want to take up challenging roles for growth and development, so wherever they are considered in the stereotyped framework, they face stress. The women executives under study were of the view that in changing times, middle class families find it difficult to have a decent standard of living without women's incomes. Therefore their going to the workplace is very much accepted by family members. Due to this acceptance, other family members try to adjust their roles within the family and a change is being felt in the attitude of the husband and other family members. Moreover due to changes in the technological environment, telecommunication, better transportation facilities, electronic gadgets etc., stress is reduced.