Impact of Job Stress on Job Satisfaction among the Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives

摘要

The prime objective of this study is to identify the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction among the pharmaceutical sales representatives. The primary data for this study was compiled through well-structured questionnaire filled in on a one-to-one basis by 200 pharmaceutical sales representatives. The determinants of job stress that have been idenfitied under this study includes job nature, work relationships, roles and responsibilities, lack of career development, and organizational structure and climate. The study results clearly indicated that the majority of the pharmaceutical sales representatives are facing high level of job stress and they are in the high level of job dissatisfaction. The result also reveals that there is a significant negative relationship between job stress and job satisfaction.