Organizational Role Stress: Confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach‪.‬

Introduction Work related stress is of growing concern today, than it was two decades ago. This has become a major problem not only for individuals working within an organization but also for the organization itself. Cooper and Marshall (1978) suggested classification of stress in terms of six different stressors. Role stress is considered very important among these as it has a negative impact on organizational outcomes. The stress arising due to person's role is termed as role stress (Pareek, 1993). Role is defined as a set of functions, which an individual performs in response to the expectations of others as well as his own expectations (Khan et al., 1964). Therefore it becomes extremely important both for the individual and the organization to work in the area of role stress management.