Abstract:

This paper reports the proposal of research to be conducted on occupational stress in different management institutions of India. The articles outline the fact that stress is an inevitable result of changing socio-economic and technological changes. The paper has identified stress as a situation which forces a person to deviate from normal functioning due to change in his/her psychological and physiological condition.  However, the articles vary in their definitions regarding stress at workplace. This paper examines the definitions pertaining to occupational stress, empirical studies related to stress and the theoretical models of stress. The paper also stresses on need of research to understand occupational role stress on faculty of management institutions of India.