1Reg No 12545, Full Time Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Tirunelveli
2Professor & Head, Department of Commerce, Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Tirunelveli
Online published on 10 September, 2019.
The word stress is derived from the Latin word “stricta”/“strictus”. It was popularly used in seventeenth century to mean hardship adversity or affliction. In eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was used to denote force, pressure, strain or strong efforts with reference to an object or a person. Stress is the wear and tear process our mind experiences as well as adjusts to the continually changing environment. It has physical and emotional effects on us and can create positive and negative feelings. Stress is a system produced by emotional and social relations that are going on within an organization at economical, political, social, cultural or educational levels. It is an inexpiable part of life, a natural and inevitable factor of life. It is an inexpiable part of life, a natural and inevitable factor of life. Complete freedom from stress for living individual is impossible. In relation to definitions of stress, it can be said that this is a type of acute or strong and fast change in outer environment due to which there is change in one's tolerating power which takes the form of physical or mental disorder. It is the process that occurs in response to situations or events that disrupt or threaten one's physical or psychological functioning.
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