A STUDY ON OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG COLLEGE TEACHERS IN SELF-FINANCING COLLEGE IN COIMBATORE DISTRICT

Commerce

The genesis of stress research was in 1914, when Walter Cannon – a noted physiologist an early pioneer of stress for the first time described body’s reaction to stress. He identified stress reaction as “fight or flight,” an involuntary response that occurs in an emergency situation in which an individual must either confront or escape from a dangerous situation. Teaching profession was once viewed as a ‘low stress occupation’ and they have been envied for tenure, light workload, flexibility and other perks such as foreign trips for study and conference. However, some recent studies suggest that college faculty is among the most stressed occupational group. The present study was conducted to explore the faculty perception towards occupational stress using established questionnaire, data collected from five departments in the private colleges. To find opinion about teaching and handling students, to find out the stress creators, to find out techniques applied by the College faculties for managing stress.

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