A Qualitative Study on Workplace Stress: Fight or Flight Response

In today's changing scenario stress is a profound term commonly used at job. Stress has been affecting millions of people and it is defined in different ways over a period of time. Pressure and challenges are few terms used by individuals to define work-place stress. Work-place stress is a global challenge which is impacting the employees well being significantly. The research paper defines the sources of work-related stress which leads to an emerging of fight v/s flight situation. The second part of the paper includes the primary data analysis of 50 academicians who reciprocated variedly to the stress coping strategies such as taking social support, moving away from the work and other strategies, are also explained in the paper.