QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Respondent,

I am doing MBA(IC) degree at USBS Talwandi Sabo. This project is being undertaken as a part of MBA curriculum, the project will help me to study the factors causing stress among employees. You are requested to fill up the questionnaire given below. The information provided will be kept confidential and be honest while filling this questionnaire. I shall be very thankful to you for your cooperation.

Personal Details:

Name: ------------------------------------

Age: ------------------------------------

Sex: ------------------------------------

Qualification: ------------------------------------

Salary: ------------------------------------

Stressful aspects of your work

To what extent have the following factors contributed to any stress you have experienced in your job in the past few months? Please rate each factor by circling the relevant number on the 0 to 3 scale. If not applicable, please rate 0.

Extent contributes to

stress

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1Being involved with the physical suffering of patients0123

2Encountering difficulties in relationships with junior0123

medical staff

3 Disruption of your home life through spending long0123

hours at work

4Having inadequate facilities (e.g. equipment, space) to0123

do your job properly

5Having to deal with distressed, angry or blaming0123

Relatives

6Keeping up to date with current clinical and research0123

Practices

7Feeling under pressure to meet deadlines0123

8Being responsible for the quality of the work of other0123

Staff

9Encountering difficulties in relationships with0123

Administrative staff.

10Encountering difficulties in relationships with managers0123

11Dealing with the threat of being sued for malpractice0123

12Disruption of your home life as a result of taking0123

Paperwork at home

13Feeling that your accumulated skills and expertise are0123

not being put to their best use

14Having a conflict of responsibilities (e.g. clinical vs.0123

managerial; clinical vs. research)

15Uncertainty over the future funding of your0123

unit/institution

16Having performance targets which are unrealistic or0123

unattainable (e.g. due to lack of resources)

17Dealing with patients or relatives having expectations of0123

care that cannot be met

18Having to comply with increasing bureaucratic and0123

regulatory procedures

19Feeling concerned about keeping your skills up to date0123

due to your Trust not investing in new technologies

20Providing patient care within multi-disciplinary teams0123

21Feeling that you are losing generalist skills as your job0123

becomes more specialized

22Having insufficient formalised time for teaching, training0123

and research

23Having to submit a job plan and undergo performance0123

Appraisal