Ego-Strength among Managers of Private and Public Undertakings: An Inquisitive Study

The present study was aimed to investigate the level of Ego-Strength among Managers of Private and Public Undertakings. It was hypothesized that Managers of Private Undertakings would have higher level of Ego-Strength as compared to the Managers of Public Undertakings. The sample of present research consisted of a total of 300 managers, 150 each from private and public undertakings. All the respondents were randomly selected from organizations of different parts of Delhi and its NCR (National Capital Region). Indian adaptation of Barron's Ego-Strength scale (Hasan, 1974) that comprised of 32 items with the two alternative response categories was used to assess ego-strength. The reliability and validity of the scale was found to be r=.78 and r=.86 respectively. Further, t-test revealed significant difference between two groups of managers. The results have far reaching implications in terms of human resource management policy decisions.