Abstract: The aim of this paper was to explore the extent to which Social support (i.e. supervisory support and co-workers support) is contributing towards the Job Stress among the public and private sector Cement factory workers in Kashmir Division of Jammu & Kashmir State. The sample size of the study consists of total 300 operational level workers, 150 workers were selected from public and 150 from private sector cement factories in Kashmir Division. The Social support (i.e. supervisory support and coworkers support) was measured by using Job Content Questionnaire. The results indicated the presence of Supervisory support was found to be high among private sector workers with the mean score of 3.83, against their public sector counterparts with the means score of 3.58.Similarly, coworkers support was also found to be quite high among private sector workers reflecting from the mean score of 4.04, as compared to their public sector counterparts with the mean score of 3.91.Whereas, Bivirate correlation indicated that these variables are negatively correlated with the job stress (i.e. supervisory support and coworker’s support). And, there is a need of effective training for supervisors, to create awareness about the importance of good relationships among workers and supervisors in public sector organizations. Whereas, multiple regression analysis indicated that both supervisory as well as coworkers support was significantly associated with job stress.
Keywords: Job stress, supervisory support, co-workers support.
Title: Social Support and its impact on Job Stress among Cement Industry Workers: (A Comparative Study)
Author: Rizwana Rafiq
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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