A study on causes of occupational stress at small scale manufacturing units in selected industry of South Gujarat

Stress management refers to the procedure of various methods to manage a person's intensity of stress, especially never-ending stress, to develop smooth functioning of the person. The main purpose of this paper is to the study the stress management practices adopted by small scale manufacturing units, analyze the factors influencing stress. The sample size of 107 employees of selected from various small scale manufacturing units in selected industry of South Gujarat. The primary data was collected through questionnaire. Analysis was done by using Chi-square. The result of the study proves that the employees of various ages have no significant difference offeeling stress at workplace; it does have impact on the level of stress among the employees on age. This result proves that age of the employees have significant impact on the level of stress among the employees.