Organizational role stress across three managerial levels: A comparative study

As employees encounter problems in the performance of their jobs, they experience organizational role stress (ORS). According to this study of managers in private‐sector multinational firms in India, ORS varies across low, middle, and high management levels and is affected by such factors as inter‐role distance, role stagnation, role isolation, role expectations conflict, role erosion, role overload, personal inadequacy, self/role conflict, role ambiguity, and resource inadequacy. Human resource professionals can use the study findings to properly evaluate the causes of stress at various hier‐archical levels and ultimately develop methods to reduce stress throughout the organization.