Abstract:
Working women are often forced to take on multiple duties, such as working at home, and
at the workplace, which can lead to stressful situations. They are also conditioned to be
more obedient, fearful, and incapable of dealing with obstacles, leading to a foundation for
stress. The primary objective of the study is to examine the level of occupational stress
of working women attached to government schools, divisional secretariat, and hospital.
A total of 120 working women were chosen at random from government schools (40),
divisional secretariat (40), and hospital (40) in Nintavur which is situated in Ampara district
of Sri Lanka. The measuring tool was modified questionnaire developed by Aroosiya and
Ali (2016), consisting of 24 questions. This research is based on two hypotheses; Working
women attached to government schools, divisional secretariat, and hospital in Nintavur
do have occupational stress; There is significant difference between the occupational stress of working women attached to government schools, divisional secretariat, and hospital in Nintavur based on demographic variables. Descriptive statistics were applied to the data.
The study’s findings revealed that the level of occupational stress among working women
at Nintavur’s government schools, divisional secretariat, and hospital was moderate level.
Moreover, the employees attached to Divisional Secretariat, Government School, and
Hospital have the moderate mean score by comparing the demographic variable “Working
Station”. Further, Management Service Officers has the highest mean score by comparing
the demographic variable “Type of Position”.
