The present study was undertaken with the intention of examining the nature of role stress and job satisfaction among doctors, and to explore the relationship between these variables. A group of 35 junior doctors working at primary health centres (PHC) and another group of 35 senior doctors attached to various district level hospitals served as sample for the study. To attain the objectives of the study, two psychometric instruments—the Organisational Role Stress Scale (Pareek 1983) and the Employees'Satisfaction-Dissatisfaction Inventory (Pestonjee 1981)—were admin istered to the sample population to obtain data pertaining to the role stress and job satisfaction variables. The data were analysed in terms of the t-test and coefficients of correlation. The results of the study revealed no significant differences between the two groups, except in the management area of job satisfaction and the inter-role distance (IRD) dimension of role stress. Further, job satisfaction variables correlated negatively with all the dimensions of role stress in the case of both groups.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Agarwala, U.N., N.K. Malhan and B. Singh (1979). Some classifications of stress and its application at work. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 15, 41-50.
2.
Bullock, R.P. (1952): Social factors related to job satisfaction (Research Monograph No. 70). Ohio State University: Bureau of Business Research.
3.
Caplan, R.D., S. Cobb, J.R.P. French, R.V. Harrison and S.R. Pinneau (1975). Job demands and worker health: Main effects and occupational differences (DEWH Publication No. (NIOSH) 75-160). Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office.
4.
Chaudhary, A. (1990). A study of the relationship between job satisfaction and role stress of bank officers. Unpublished master's dissertationJaipur: University of Rajasthan.
5.
French, J.R.P., W.L. Rogers and S. Cobb (1974). Adjustment as person-environment fit. In G.V. Coelho, D.A. Humburg and J.E. Adams (eds.), Coping and adaptation: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 19-21). New York: Basic Books.
6.
Ganguli, H.C. (1961). Industrial productivity and motivation: A psychological analysis: Bombay: Asia Publishing House.
7.
Giese, W.J. and H.W. Ruter (1949). An objective analysis of morale. Journal of Applied Psychology, 33, 421-27.
8.
Herzberg, F., B. Mausner, R. Peterson and D. Capwell (1957). Job attitudes: Review of research and opinion . Pittsburgh: Psychological Service of Pittsburgh.
9.
Herzberg, F., B. Mausner and B.B. Snyderman, (1959). The motivation to work. NewYork : Wiley.
10.
Hinger, A., M. Jain and A. Chaudhary (1997). An audit of stress and job satisfaction. In D.M. Pestonjee and U. Pareek (eds.), Studies in organisational role stress and coping (pp. 201-9). Jaipur: Rawat Publications .
11.
Iris, B. and G.V. Barrett (1972). Some relations between job and life satisfaction and job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 56, 301-4.
12.
Jagdish andA.K. Srivastava (1983). Perceived role stress and job satisfaction perspective . Journal of Psychological Researches, 27, 101-4.
13.
Kahn, R.L., D.M. Wolfe, R.P. Quinn, J.D. Snoek and R.A. Rosenthal (1964). Organisational stress: Studies in role conflict and ambiguity. New York: Wiley.
14.
Karnhauser, A. (1965). Mental health of industrial worker: A Detroit Study. New York: Wiley.
15.
Locke, E.A. (1976). The nature and causes of job satisfaction. In M.D. Dunnette (ed.), Handbook of industrial and organisational psychology (pp. 1297-349). Chicago: Rand Mcnally.
16.
Pareek U. (1976). Inter-role exploration. In J.W. Pfeiffer and J.E. Jones (eds.), The 1976 annual handbook for group facilitators (pp. 211-24). La Jolla, CA: University Associates.
17.
— (1983). Organisational role stress. In L.D. Goodstein and J.W. Pfeiffer (eds.), The 1983 annual handbook for group facilitators (pp. 118-25). San Diego, CA: University Associates.
18.
— (1983). Role stress scales manual. Ahmedabad: Navin Publications.
19.
— (1993). Making organisational roles effective. New Delhi: Tata-Mcgraw Hill.
20.
Pastor, W.H., R.A. Huset and M.C. Lee (1989). Job and life satisfaction among rural physicians: Results of a survey. Minnesota Medicine, 72, 215-23.
21.
Pestonjee, D.M. (1972). An investigation into job satisfaction and resistance to change. Psychological Studies, 17, 8-12.
22.
— (1973). Organisational structures and job attitudes. Calcutta: Minerva Associates.
23.
— (1981). Development of a psychometric measure of job satisfaction. Unpublised research reportAhmedabad: Indian Institute of Management.
24.
— (1992). Stress and coping: The Indian experience. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
25.
Pestonjee, D.M., A.P. Singh and N. Ahmad (1977). Job satisfaction and accidents. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 13, 65-71.
26.
Pestonjee, D.M. and U.B. Singh (1981). Locus of control as moderator of role stress satisfaction relationship (Working Paper No. 402). Ahmedabad: Indian Institute of Management.
27.
Rahman, M. (1989). Job stress, satisfaction and mental health of factory workers in Bangladesh. Work and Stress, 3, 155-62.
28.
Selye, H. (1936). Thymus and adrenals in the response of the organism to injuries and intoxifications. Brituh Journal of Experimental Pathology, 17, 234-48.
29.
— (1946): The general adaptation syndrome and the disease of adaptation. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, 6, 117-230.
30.
— ( 1974). Stress without distress. New York : New American Library.
31.
Sen, P.C. (1981). A study of personal and organisational correlates of role stress and coping strategies in some public sector banks. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Ahmedabad: Gujarat University.
32.
Sharma, T. (1987). Differential effects of organisational climate on job satisfaction, sense of participation, alienation, and role stress. Unpublished doctoral dissertationAhmedabad: Gujarat University.
33.
Singh, G.P. (1987). Organisational climate as moderator of role stress job satisfaction relationship in case of different job categories of computer professionals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Ahmedabad : Gujarat University.
34.
Singh, A.P. and P.C. Mishra (1984). Ego strength as a moderator variable of the job involvement-job satisfaction relationship. Psychological Studies , 29, 9-12.
35.
Sinha, D. (1974). Job satisfaction and behaviour. In S.K. Roy and A.S. Menon (eds.), Motivation and organisational effectiveness (pp. 136-74). New Delhi: Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources.
36.
Sinha, D. and P. Singh (1961). Job satisfaction and absenteeism. Indian Journal of Social Work, 21, 337-43.
37.
Sinha, D. and U.N. Agarwala (1971). Job satisfaction and general adjustment of Indian white-collar workers. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations , 6, 357-67.
38.
Watson, D. (1986). Beyond negative affectivity: Measuring stress and satisfaction in work place. Journal of Organisational Behavior and Management, Winter, 141-57.
39.
Weitz, J. (1952). A neglected concept in the study of job satisfaction . Personnel Psychology, 5, 201-5.
40.
D.M. Pestonjee is Chairman, Organisation Behaviour Area, Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380 015, India. Fax: 91-79-6427896. E-mail: Q67F367D@ Pestonjee.
41.
Prabhat KumarMishra is Academic Associate, OB Area, IIM, Ahmedabad.
