Open AccessStudy of occupational stress among railway engine pilots
Author(s) -
Dinesh Kumar,
Jai Vir Singh,
Poonam Singh Kharwar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.83002
Subject(s) - stressor , occupational stress , test (biology) , engineering , applied psychology , aeronautics , workload , transport engineering , psychology , computer science , social psychology , clinical psychology , paleontology , biology , operating system
Traffic volume and speed is going to be increased in Indian Railways successively, leading to higher stress in staff connected with train operations. The jobs of railway engine pilots come under the category of high-strain jobs, necessitating a need to conduct multicentric study to unfold the factors associated with occupational stress and organizational strategies.