Abstract
The textile and clothing industry of Pakistan is the major manufacturing industry of the country that has great standing in the
global businesses. It adds 57% to the country’s exports. Work stress has become an area of extreme worry where the textile
segment is not being exempted. Individuals involved in management, are expected to be more susceptible to stress for their
acute part in the organizations and thereupon assurance of their physical and mental fitness is very vital. The objective of the
present study was to identify the effect of demographic factors on the work-stress. Data were collected from 881 managers
working in the textile and clothing organizations, using Sheldon Cohen’s PSS-10. Besides, some descriptive analyses,
independent sample t-tests and ANOVA-tests were performed to achieve the objective of the study. The study concluded 67%
managers as stressful and the demographic factors as gender, marital status, experience, position, salary, family size, and
qualification were found to have significant effect on their stress levels. There is a need to understand the complexity of stress
phenomenon. Findings of this research will help the researchers in unfolding complexity of stress phenomenon and the results
can be used as a job design guideline for more suitable and feasible stress management interventions in textile and clothing
industry
Aftab Ahmad, Amjad Hussain, Rana Shahid Imdad Akash, Sadaf Zahoor, Shagufta Yasmin, Nasif Raza Jaffri. (2021) DO DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AFFECT WORK-STRESS? A CASE STUDY OF TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Volume 58, Issue 1.
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