Effect of Job Stress and Personal Life Stress on Mental Health and Job Outcomes of Medical Professionals

Abstract

The performance of a health organization depends on the knowledge, skills and motivation of individuals. It is therefore important for employees to provide suitable working conditions to ensure that the performances of employees meet the desired standards.

The study aims to identify stress related factors that positively and negatively affect performance of medical professionals. We have confined our self to two types of stress. Job Stress and Personal Life Stress and its impact on Mental Health and Job Outcomes. And under job outcomes the focus will be on job satisfaction and performance.

The present study was conducted on 75 subjects belonging to medical profession. To measure stress we used Life Changes Experience Survey developed by Dohrenwend, Krashaff, Askensey and Dohrenwend (1978). Mental Health Questionnaire (MHQ) developed by Srivastava and Bhatt (1973) was used for the assessment of the extent of mental ill-health of employees. Mental Health Inventory (MHI) developed by Jagdish & Srivastav (1983) was employed in the assessment of mental health. Satisfaction - Dissatisfaction (S.D) Employees Inventory developed by Pestonjee (1973) was used to measure the level of job satisfaction.

Keywords: Stress, Jobstress, Personal Life Stress, Mental Health, Job Outcome, Job Satisfaction and Performance

JEL Classification: L20