A Study on Work Stress and its Impact on the Productivity of The Teaching Faculty of Higher Educational Institutions in Bangalore City

Abstract

The present study focuses on understanding the importance the education in the development of every individual in the society as it immensely contributes for the development of both the individual as well as the nation at large. However from the literature available on this concept reveals fact that emergence of business dynamics and academics no longer remains to be a profession which is stress free. Increased globalization and competition in Indian economy has made the teaching profession more dynamic and challenging. The roles and responsibilities to be performed by the faculty members in the educational institutions are not confined only to teaching rather they are expected to perform lot of duties and responsibilities towards institutional capacity building activities. The paper identifies various common stressors experienced by faculty members working in the colleges of Bangalore city in Karnataka.