Level of Stress among the Government Officers: Cases from the Nepal

Abstract

Job stress can be defined as the inability to cope with the pressures in a job. The main objective of this study is to explore the level of stress among the government officers working in different offices of Nepal. Study was conducted among the 284 technical and non-technical government officers. Simple random sampling technique was applied to select the respondents. The findings revealed that in general, moderate level stress found high, low level stress in 2^nd and high level stress in 3^rd ranking in all types of position (Class I –III). Similarly, non-technical officers had more stress than the technical officers. Total occupational role stress was found significantly different between the class III and I and insignificantly difference found between the class III and II and II and I. Finding shows that class II felt different level of stress than class III and I. It is necessary to adopt the coping mechanism to address the level of stress of working staffs.