A Comparative Study of Occupational Stress, Coping Style, Self Efficacy and Life Satisfaction among Public and Private Sector Employees

Abstract

The present study intended to compare occupational stress , coping style, self efficacy, life satisfaction among Public and private sector and to study the interrelationship among these variables for each sectors. This sample consisted of 100 individuals, 50 public sector employees and 50 private sector employees between the age group 35-50 years. A detailed information schedule, a occupational stress index scale by Srivastava and Singh(1984), Brief-Cope Questionnaire by Carver, C.S(1997), General self efficacy scale by Schwarzer, R et al(1995), Satisfaction with life scale by Diener, E, Emmons et al(1985) were administered on the subjects individually. Data were quantitatively analyzed by doing Independent t-test and Pearson’s Product moment correlation. The result signifies that there is significant difference between the two employee groups in terms of occupational stress, self efficacy and life satisfaction and in case of coping styles, the two groups only differ in terms of avoidance coping style