Abstract
In today’s world of businesses, productivity is essential and enables the companies to survive the global market. The productivity of employees can be slowed down by the stress induced by the working environment. This can have a negative impact on the company’s productivity. The aim was to determine factors contributing to stress in a workplace among engineers after assuming a new role as managers and also asses the level of their stress. This research study was conducted within the engineering companies in the manufacturing sector. The study also looked at the symptoms and the programmes implemented by the organisations to help employees manage their stress. A number of 27 out of the expected 30 engineering professionals responded. The purposive random sampling was used to collect data and the research instruments used are questionnaires. Questionnaires were given to the engineer from randomly selected manufacturing organizations...
M.Phil. (Engineering Management)