International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET) ISSN: 2321-9653; IC Value: 45.98; SJ Impact Factor: 7.177 Volume 8 Issue I, Jan 2020- Available at www.ijraset.com © IJRASET: All Rights are Reserved 572 Stress Management among Women Employees in Education Institutions - A Study Ambula Annapurna 1 , Prof. S. Madhavi Latha 2 1 Assistant Professor, Princeton PG College of Management, Hyderabad, India 2 Professor, Samatha College, Visakhapatham, India Abstract: Stress at workplace can be a real problem to the organization as well as for its employees, especially among women teachers. Good management and effective working environment are the best forms of stress prevention. If employees are already stressed, the management should be aware of it and implement necessary stress management strategies to reduce stress at the workplace. Work related stress is the response people may have when present with work demands and pressures that are not matched to their knowledge and abilities and which challenge their ability to cope. Indian women belonging to all classes have entered into various professions which causes stress in their personal and professional life. Women's exposure to educational opportunities is significantly higher than it was some years ago, especially in the cities. The study attempts to identify the stress management strategies implemented by the management of education institutions to manage workplace stress among women teachers. Keywords: Education Institutions, Efficiency, Stress management, Teachers, Women, workplace I. INTRODUCTION The nature of work and workplace has changed over the years. Competition in the workplace which promotes self-interest can result in diminished feelings of well-being and trust. Intense competition reinforced by globalization has resulted in unsecure employment opportunities exemplified by the ever increasing number of mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing and downsizing initiatives. Not only individuals, but organizations as artificial human beings are also under pressure to outperform their competitors and attain competitive advantage. In current scenario women are represented in the workforce in greater numbers than ever before. They are holding a higher percentage of managerial and executive jobs than in the past. Consequently, harmonizing their personal and professional lives has been a challenging issue for women executives in every job profile. It may be seen that due to problems in place of work, personal life may get affected and vice-versa (Umesh, 2016). Stress at the workplace is a growing phenomenon across the globe. Among the identified potential causes of work related stress, role stress has been recognized as a significant contributor to work stress. Designing an effective role stress management programme requires a clear understanding of the employee experience of role stressors. Segmenting employees based on the extent of their experience of role stressors may provide a useful framework for designing an effective role stress management programme. However, the available framework for comprehending the role stressor based segments of employees is inadequate, and particularly so in the context of frontline bank employees who occupy boundary spanning positions and face increasing role pressures. Stress affects individuals psychologically, emotionally and behaviorally, and is inextricably linked to several health problems, especially coronary heart diseases. Any feeling, excessively pushed, pulled, squeezed or roused by external and internal factors needs to be recognized. The causes ought to be identified as to whether they are beneficial or destructive. Various methods and programs can help individuals cope with stress in personal life and work environment. Management of stress is a crucial issue for individuals and organizations. Managing stress is precisely about understanding that the individual is exposed to stressors. Stress cannot be managed unless the causes and its effect are known, physiologically, psychologically and behaviorally. So, effective stress management helps an organization improve the performance of individual, group and in turn that of the organization itself. Stress produces numerous physical and mental symptoms which vary according to each individual situational factor. These can include physical health decline as well as depression. Stress is an individual’s response to a disturbing factor in the environment and the consequence of such relation. Stress can apparent itself in two ways positive and negative. If the situation creates a prospects to gain something is known as positive stress. When the stress is allied with health hazards, alcoholism, drug abuse, skiving, and organizational problems, it is said to be negative (Reddy and Jagannayaki, 2018). Stress underlies such diverse conditions as psychosomatic, heart diseases and can be a major contributor to disturbances in one’s emotional, social, company and family life. It inhibits creativity and personal effectiveness and exhibits itself in a general dissatisfaction; there is great impact in women college teachers that end up with stress. Therefore, the study attempts to identify the stress management strategies implemented by the management of educational institution to manage workplace stress among women teachers.