Effects of Stress among the Faculty Working in Private Universities and Colleges with Special Reference to Uttarakhand (India)

The faculty plays a vital role in the higher education industry, in business and social environment in India, which is changing very drastically in achieving the organizational visions. The aim was to focus and analyze the level and the impact of stress among academies of the private Universities and colleges in Uttarakhand and also to analyze the factors responsible for stress on them in academics in today’s scenario. The after effects and the repercussions which may be burnout of the individuals in the education industry due to stress, is also tried to be covered. These are very evident now days.For this purpose the privately owned Universities and colleges are covered. The observation shows that the faculties are in a stress due to certain different reasons. Occupational stress index was used to measure the level of the stress and its impact on the faculties. The empirical analysis on the basis of the data collected shows that factors like role overload, role ambiguity, role conflict are reasons for stress among females faculties. But the factors like political pressure are responsible for creating the stress in both. The research shows that there are different factors causing stress on at different age groups, some cause stress approximately at similar level on both. It can be restricted by reducing the role conflict, role ambiguity and putting a check on the factors like organizational politics.