Relationship Between Workplace Stress, Marital Adjustment and Conflict Management in Dual Working Couples.

Work and Marriage are age old aspects of life since civilizations. The perspective of these two crucial decisions of life have undergone a transformation in recent times. The reason being that now women are as career oriented and ambitious as men and with dual working couple, marital and domestic equation faces imbalances. Work related Stress is the first and foremost fallout of such imbalances. It is widely observed that Work place Stress is the major contributory factor behind poor Marital Adjustment, which leads to conflicts amongst the working couple. The Conflict Management Style adopted by the working couple is the key to compatibility between Stress and marital harmony. The present research aims to study the relationship between Workplace Stress, Marital Adjustment and Conflict Management in Dual Working Couples. A sample of 60 employees of Multinational Organizations of Delhi/NCR was used to study this relationship. Organizational Role Stress Questionnaire by Udai Pareek, Marital Adjustment Scale by Kumar and Rohtagi and Thomas Killman Conflict Mode Instrument was used. The results supported the hypothesis that there will be a significant correlation between Workplace Stress and Marital Adjustment. Further it was also found that there was a significant correlation between Marital Adjustment and Conflict Management Style. Significant Gender Differences were also found in Organizational Role Stress dimensions and the use of Conflict Management Styles.