Work stress and health as predictors of organizational commitment in railway employees

Objective of present study is to extend the existing body of knowledge on the relationship between work stress, ill health and employees ’organizational commitment in context of Railway Organizations in India. A total of 300 railway male personnel (age ranging from 26 to 55 years), were randomly selected from N.E. Railway, Gorakhpur district Uttar Pradesh. Work Stress Profile was used to assess the level of work stress in respondents. Further, organizational commitment was measured with the help of the Organizational Commitment Scale. Further, CMI Health Questionnaire was used to assess physical and psychological health status of respondents. Correlational and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analyses (SMRA) were done. Results revealed direct links among work stress, health and organizational commitment. Work stress was found negatively correlated with organizational commitment. More specifically objective work stress, feeling of interpersonal work stress and job interest were found to be negatively associated with affective, normative and overall commitment. Physical condition was inversely linked with affective, normative commitment and overall commitment. Apart from this, physical and psychological illness was found negatively associated with different dimensions of organizational commitment. Regression results proved, affective commitment was explained maximum negatively by stress related to physical condition and interpersonal work stress. Moreover stress related to physical condition was the significant predictor of normative commitment and overall organizational commitment. Despite this, affective commitment, continuance commitment, normative commitment and overall commitment were explained maximum negatively by physical illness followed by psychological illness.