Stress and coping styles of an enterpreneur, An empirical study

Life of an enterpreneur is full of stress. Industrialization, urbanization, consummation culture are some other reasons for rising stress. In the context of growing population, cultural transformation and multiple roles that people have to play, stress is an inescapable psychological phenomenon. One such role is entrepreneurial role. Apart from the efforts to achieve success in entrepreneurship, an enterpreneur has to face problems of lack of time to rest or to take care of family etc. In the present study, the impact of the three dimensions of Entrepreneurial Role stress (Achievement-Need related stress, Power-Need related stress and Affiliation-Need related stress) suffered by a sample of 50 entrepreneurs in the state of Tamil Nadu (India) has been identified. The study also investigates the stress reduction strategies adopted by the respondents of the study.