Abstract
The goal of this study is to find out the moderating role of type of industry and different levels of management with respect to eLearning perception, eLearning advantages and use of eLearning for Stress Management. Study tried to find out relationship between perceptions of eLearning, eLearning Advantages, perception of using eLearning for corporate training and more specifically for stress management. A cross sectional survey is conducted through structured questionnaire to collect the data from 686 managers working at different levels including 331 from manufacturing sector and 355 from services sector. Results of the study show positive relationship between perception of eLearning and eLearning for stress management and this relationship is significantly stronger for services industry. Positive relationship between eLearning advantages and eLearning for stress management and this relationship is significantly stronger for manufacturing industry. Study also revealed that positive relationship between eLearning perception and eLearning for stress management and this relationship is not significantly stronger for senior management than for middle management.
Highlights
Occupational stress is a key risk for many workers
Second part deal with exploring relationship between perception and eLearning for stress management is discussed
Positive relationship between eLearning advantages and eLearning for stress management and this relationship is significantly stronger for manufacturing industry than for services industry (H1b: Z-score 2.189, p-value
Summary
Occupational stress is a key risk for many workers. Increased workloads, downscaling, overtime, unfriendly working conditions, and shiftwork are few of the many reasons of stressful working settings.Stress and its impact on family life of employees, impact on the health of an individual; mental as well as physical health, and behavior of an individual are the main areas of study for decades. Selye (1946) Introduced the concept of stress, the term has been variously used by researchers of various academic fields to meet their specific requirements. Occupational stress is a key risk for many workers. Increased workloads, downscaling, overtime, unfriendly working conditions, and shiftwork are few of the many reasons of stressful working settings. Stress and its impact on family life of employees, impact on the health of an individual; mental as well as physical health, and behavior of an individual are the main areas of study for decades. Perceptions of stress vary across cultures and societies (Hariharan & Rath, 2008). Cox (1993) described that there is a growing consensus on the definition of stress as a psychological state with cognitive and emotional components, and its effects on the health of both individual employees and their organizations. Ramirez, Graham, Richards, and Gregory (1996) defined that stress refers to the situation at which a person’s skills Perceptions of stress vary across cultures and societies (Hariharan & Rath, 2008). Cox (1993) described that there is a growing consensus on the definition of stress as a psychological state with cognitive and emotional components, and its effects on the health of both individual employees and their organizations. Ramirez, Graham, Richards, and Gregory (1996) defined that stress refers to the situation at which a person’s skills
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