Influencing Parameters of Stress - A Regression Analysis on Women Scientists in Indian Agricutlrual Research System

The agriculture economy in India has succeeded in laying a strong foundation for food sufficiency with strong support of research network system. With the advent of changing socio-economic and technological scenario, the researchers are more competitive and their life more complex. The authors tried to explaining the importance of professional women in agriculture, and gave emphasis on stress-related aspects with respect to women scientists working g in Indian Agricultural Research System. The research study was conducted on quantification of job-stress of women scientists by following an ex-post facto research design through structured and standardized questionnaire. The variables, achievement motivation, experience, organizational communication, personal importance, stress in balancing work and task identity were found contributing positively towards job stress. It is found that the variables such as age, caste, need affiliation, need dominance, job involvement, rewards, job performance, rural-urban background, and qualification contributed negatively to the job stress. It is quite imperative that the policy-makers and planners should initiate proper planning, monitoring and evaluation of the organizational functioning, due importance should be given to women working in organizations to boost up their morale, confidence, invigorating the leadership traits among women and achieving the organizational goals