Abstract
Work stress has emerged as one of the important and focal areas for research in present-day organizations. This paper investigates the Reasons of job stress, effects of job stress and the Job satisfaction of the employees in a private organization. The questionnaire method was mainly used to gather the primary data. Secondary data from relevant resources have also been effectively utilized in this research to reach valid theoretical findings and conclusions A sample of 100 employees from a private organization in Vellore was used for this analysis. Reasons for Job stress and its effect have been measured by conflict at work, workload, and physical environment and it causes physical, psychological, and behavioral problems. Researches provide solid evidence of problems caused by job stress. Stress causes various psychological problems like anger, depression, anxiety, irritability, and tension and this influences the motivation of employees to a considerable extent also this study reinforces the importance of employee job satisfaction which is essential for a successful firm in the current era.
Keywords: Job stress; Effects of job stress; Job Satisfaction; conflict; workload; physical and psychological environment.
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