A study on organisational stress and conflict handling styles among management teachers

Teaching is no longer merely hard work; it has become a highly stressful profession. Teaching in professional institutes has to extend beyond the theoretical inputs. It has to focus on holistic personality development and endeavor towards enhancement of professional acumen and employability of students. This often leads to overwhelming pressures and challenges, which may lead to stress. Conflict is a natural, everyday phenomenon in all private and working spheres. It is an unavoidable component of human activity. Conflict is inevitable, and arises due to various reasons. The objective of the present paper was to study the reasons for organizational stress among the management teachers as affected by gender and experience. It attempted to identify the conflict handling styles used predominantly by teachers to resolve disputes that occur in the institute. It also aimed at identifying the correlation between organizational stress and conflict handling styles. Role stagnation was found to be the highest contributor to stress followed by role erosion. Competing style was found to be the most dominant style of conflict handling followed by the avoiding style among the management teachers of professional institutes..