The Effect of Work Related Dimensions on Work Stress of the Sales People: An Empirical Study

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of work-related dimensions (i.e work hour,work place, relationship with supervisor, salary package, motivation to work) on work stress. For conducting the study, a convenience sample of sixty (60) salespeople are taken who have been  full-time employed in different branches of a renowned handicraft retail store and ranked at different levels within the organizations. Pearson product moment correlation was used to find out correlations and multiple linear regression technique was used to find out effect between variables. The finding indicates that work-related dimensions (work hour and work place) have significant effect on salespeople work stress.

Keywords: Work stress, Work hour, Work place, Relationship with Supervisor, Salary Package, and Motivation to Work.