Questionnaire

Part - I
Demographic Characteristics

1.

Name of the respondent

2.

Age

3.

Sex

Male/Female

4.

Marital status

Unmarried/Married/Widow/Divorcee

5.

Educational qualification

6.

Employment status of the respondent

f)

Name of the institution

g) Designation

h) Total service (in years)

i) Monthly income (in Rs.)

7.

Spouse employment

8.

Family type

9.

Family composition

10.

Family annual income

Nuclear/Joint

Part-II
Employment Organization Sources of Stressors Scale (EOSSS)
Kindly read the statements given below and indicate how often you have experienced the
feeling expressed in the statement in relation to your role in the school. Please put a tick
mark in the respective column titled Always, Frequently, Sometimes, Rarely, and Never.

Sl.
No.

Statements

I. Role overload
1. I am fed up of following the
same routine day in and day out
2. I am waiting for the day to
come, when 1 can relax.
3. The extra efforts needed to
prove myself in my role puts
pressure on me.
II. Role Ambiguity
4.

5.

6.
7.

8.

From the point of welfare and

convenience, the working
conditions are satisfactory in
my institution.
I find it difficult to concentrate
on my work because of the
noise I am exposed to.
The complex nature of my work
does not baffle me.
1 get baffled with the
contradictory instructions given by
different members in the
institution regarding my work.

It is not clear as, to what type of

work and behaviour my higher
authorities and colleagues
expect from me
9. The sub-ordination I am
subjected to in my role in the
institution gives me unpleasant.
III. Role Conflict
10. I need to sacrifice my values in
meeting my role obligations.

Responses
SomeAlways Frequently
times

Rarely

Never

11. My employment institutional

responsibilities interfere with'
my family organizational roles.
IV. Unreasonable group and political pressure

12. Segregation by role is visible

in my organization to the
extent of its comfort.
13. The feeling that success and
gender bear no association to
each other in my institution is
an encouraging notion to me
as a member of the same.
14. My inability to taken up
challenging tasks due to
the nature of my
appointment puts me off
at work.

15. Decisions made by

superiors keeping in view
the good of the institution
rather than the individual
members are unpalatable.
16. The time passes without my
noticing each day in my work.

17. I enjoy working long hours at

my task.

18. I love when my hands are full

which keeps me busy at my work.

19. I enjoy fulfilling my

responsibilities in my institution
and in family organization.

20. My work in the organization

goes as per my plan.

21. The faith bestowed on me by

my superiors is encouraging.

22. The expectations of my

organization to do certain
works, which are not to my
liking, are unbearable.

VI. Under participation

23. My job lacks opportunities to
utilize my skills and abilities.

24.

Repeated incidents where

my contributions are taken
very lightly put me off.

25.

People in the institution can

understand my priorities.

26.

My presence is felt in
the institution.

27.

I am basically a lazy person,

so I am happy with fewer
responsibilities.

28.

My wish to achieve the top

position gives me extra energy
to work in the organization.

29.

It is hard for me when I need to

sacrifice my professional
ambitions in favour of my
familial ambitions.

30.

I am sought after in
my organization in
times of emergencies.

31.

Lack of my involvement in
decision making to feel
responsible for the institution
on my shoulders.

32.

I enjoy executing decisions in my

institution as I am also a party to
it, at one level or the other.

VII. Powerlessness
33.

I am fed up by keeping
myself busy all the time to
meet deadlines.

34.

I am constrained in my
role fulfilment, due to lack
of knowledge and skill.

35.

I am basically a lazy person,

so I am happy with fewer
responsibilities.

36. My inability, to cope with the

level of excellence set up in my
institution gives me nightmares.

37. My college peers with the

same qualifications as myself
are in better positions than me.

38. I have aspirations and

qualifications, are in better
positions are in better
positions than me.

VIII. Poor peer relations

39. Sufficient mutual cooperation
and team spirit exist among
the members in my institution.

40.

My relations with my superiors

cause me a great deal of anxiety.

41. The relations with my

sub-ordinates make my
life worthwhile.

42. Advice from colleagues

when faced with a problem
is a rarity in my life.

43.

I have the freedom to express my

ideas in front of my superiors.

44. My colleagues can be relied

on when things get tough for
me at work.

45.

Extracting work from my

subordinates is an ordeal for me.

46. I have cordial relations with

my superiors.

47. My colleagues go out of their

way to make my life easier.

48. I lack the freedom to ask for

any sort of help from my
superiors when I need it.

IX. Intrinsic impoverishment

49.

I look forward to facing

another day in my work life.

50.

Most of the time I have to

force myself to start work.

51.

Stability in my job makes me

take up challenging tasks
enthusiastically as failures are
not dealt with drastically.

52.

My subordinates feel free to

discuss their personal
problems with me.

53.

I feel that I am a part of

my institution.

54.

I get motivated to work hard,

since I am made to feel
responsible for the institution.

X. Low status
55.

My role in the organization

is adequately planned.

56.

I am exposed to
opportunities to enhance my
efficiency/ to opportune-ties,
to enhance my efficiency.

57.

My point of view is ignored in

the institution.

XI. Strenuous working conditions

58.

I am unable to carry out my

work to my satisfaction on
account of the deadlines .

59.

I manage to cope up well with

the demands from my work.

60.

I set deadlines and work at

my own pace peacefully.

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61.

The norms and expectations

put block on my enthusiasm.

62.

I am concerned about the poor

information inflow which
restricts my output.

63.

I am able to use my training

and expertise in my role.

64.

My roles that fulfill give scope for

exposure to the latest technologies.

65.

I rise to any occasion, by

building competence through
my initiative, which earns the
respect of my colleagues.

66.

The wall that exists between

my sub-ordinates and me
leads to a sense of loss.

67.

I am given freedom to plan

my work in the organization.

68.

I find it suffocating to function

within my institutional system
where there is no place for a
questioning approach.

XII. Unprofitability
69.

Considerable environment
tolerance that persist in my
organization makes me irritable.

70.

The participatory model

followed in my institution setup
increase my responsibility to
the point of exhaustion.