• Mrs.P. Yasodha
• Dr.M.R.Lakshminarayanan

The world is progressing at a faster pace, thanks to the tempo of the industrialization and globalization. There are several frontiers that are expanding at a rapid pace, and there are important for individuals and organizations to increase their involvement and their participation, in their work. This adds a pressure both on the employers and the employees. Therefore stress plays pivotal role in this circumstances. Stress is usually defined as the “wear and tear” that any system undergoes, on continuous or day to day usage, and our human body is no exception to it This work is focused in the geographical area of Tiruppur, in the state of Tamil Nadu, where there has been a considerable fast development in the number of textile related activities. This present study, although partly aligns with those works, in terms of studying employees from textile sector, nevertheless, this study focuses more on the effect of stress has on these employees working in hosiery sector in Tiruppur. Objective of the study is to study the physical and psychological stress among employees of select hosiery units in Tiruppur. Both primary and secondary data are used for the study. The size of the population considered for this study was 120. Simple random sampling technique was employed and the statistical tools used are Percentage analysis and Weighted Average Method. It is observed that stress among employees based on physical aspects computed with weighted mean is the highest “My job involves pressure constant deadlines (M:3.858)” and lowest “I feel, I am working too hard (M:3.550)”. Further, stress among employees of select hosiery units based on psychological aspects computed with weighted mean is the highest “I am depressed by my working environment (M:3.892)” and lowest “I feel tension and anxiety in my job (M:2.800)”. It is suggested that superiors may have cordial and frequent interaction with their subordinates to solve the problems.

Job Stress, Physical Stress, Psychological Stress, Employees, Hosiery Units, etc.

"PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AMONG EMPLOYEES OF SELECT HOSIERY UNITS IN TIRUPPUR: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.316-321, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905649.pdf

"PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AMONG EMPLOYEES OF SELECT HOSIERY UNITS IN TIRUPPUR: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp316-321, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905649.pdf