Jalan, Stuti and Kaushal, S.L. creator text The Indian Police Journal monographic eng

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69(2), Apr-Jun, 2022: p.121-132 Policing in any society is the backbone for maintaining peace and harmony. Recurring changes in the environment, long list of duties, lack of time for familymakes their occupation cumbersome and stressful.Work demands such as expectations from superiors, family and general public, round the clock duties puts them in a state of stress. Role stress in Police is a matter of concern as they are responsible for maintaining law and order in the society. Stress has adverse impact on the productivity of the individuals as well as the organisation. An investigation into the sources of stress could contribute to manage stress in an effective manner. The aim of the present study was to examine the level of role stress and role stressors with attention on the demographic variables(gender, marital status and educational qualifications).The present study has been conducted on 305 Police personnel of Himachal Pradesh and data was analysed with the help of mean, standard deviation, Independent sample t test and One Way ANOVA. The results of the study showed that the Police personnel were facing high role stress and Inter Role distance followed by Resource Inadequacy and Role Overload emerged as the major role stressors.Significant differences in role stress have also been reported with respect to gender, marital status and educational qualifications. On the basis of findings, recommendations have been made to manage high level of occupational role stress in Police personnel. – Reproduced https://bprd.nic.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/202309260501129197672April-June,2022(F).pdf The Indian Police Journal 240124