Developing a Sustainable Workplace: A Study on Workplace Stress and Individual Interventions to Manage Stress in Guwahati Traffic Police
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Traffic Police, Occupational Stress, Individual Coping Strategies, Sustainable WorkplaceAbstract
The current study has been conducted in the field of occupational stress of traffic police personnel. Studies have found out that administrators are very much prone to stress. In line with this, as the traffic police personnel have been entrusted with administering and managing smooth functioning of road transport, it is significant that a study in this regard should be carried out. The study has covered 35 traffic police personnel working as ‘Constables’ and finding their prime cause of stress has been the objective of the study. For the purpose of collecting the data Operational Police Stress Questionnaire developed by McCreary and Thompson (2006) has been opted for. It shows that the study group is highly stressed as the scores are far above the cut off line. It is worth mentioning that the organization does not have any particular way (institutional arrangement) to deal with stress and related issues.
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