*Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Kalasalingam University, Krishnan Kovil
**Head/Professor, Department of Business Administration, Kalasalingam University, Krishnan Kovil
Online published on 30 September, 2013.
Being a police is considered one of the highly stressful occupations because of the reasons such as long irregular hours, hierarchic structure and safety concerns. This research tries to study the police stress coping strategies among Grade II, I, III police in Tuticorin District. Also aims in analysis the demographical factors of police personnel and their influence in the occupational stress coping strategies. In this study the researcher collects data form 600 police (Grade II, I, III) belonging to 52 police stations in Tuticorin District. A structured questionnaire is used to collect the information from the respondents. The questionnaire contains questions related to demographical data and factors leading to stress. Likert Scale is used to measure the opinion on various stress factors. The researcher has applied descriptive analysis, factor analysis, weighted average and Chi-square for data analysis. This research explores the sources of stress and level of stress among the grade II.I, III police constables in Tuticorin district, Tamilnadu At the end; several suggestions were made to the police departments in terms of helping the officers that are affected adversely by job stress KEY WORDS; Coping strategies, Demographical, Job, Police, Occupational Stress.
