DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2018.v05i04.007

Pages: 326-331

As Richard Carlson says that, “Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness”. In modern times, stress has become a buzz word and legitimate concern for people of all walks of life. In fact, no one is immune to stress. Right from the time of birth till death, an individual is invariably exposed to various stressful situations. Stress has become significant due to dynamic social factor and changing needs of life styles. Stress is man‘s adaptive reaction to an outward situation which would lead to physical, mental and behavioural changes. In this present time where stress is inevitable in the life of the employee, sometimes it creates trouble for them to maintain a balance between their personal and professional life. So in this research work, study has been conducted to put some light on stress management and identifying the sources of stress among the employees belongs to a leading manufacturing company, operates in the state of Odisha. Along with this it has also been tried to find out the ways of effectively managing stress level in order to balance their personal and professional lives. For the survey random sampling method has used to collect data from 60 employees and analyzed further for obtaining result. The study also includes summary and conclusion based on the findings.