Good Personality: A Way to Manage Stress Level

A Study done among the Employees of MRF Tyres Ltd – Kottayam

Abstract

Stressis something that is part and parcel of everyone’s life. It is unavoidable. But the intensity of itcan always be adjusted, and it all depends on the way one responds to the environment. Here,personality has a great role. The way one responds, identifies and approaches stress, depend on one’spersonality. It is also understood that if the individual considers a particular situation as stressful, thenonly it becomes stressful. Instead one identifies it as a challenge, then the way one approaches it differs.

It can evidently be noticed that depending on the capacity of the one’s personality, one endures stress.This is evident from the way how people can stand up to various challenging situations.Some withstandit without any difficulties whereas some others fail it miserably. Herein, what counts is one’s way oflooking at the reality of life. If they look at it optimistically, then the way one approaches to resolve alsowill vary accordingly.

Taking into account a large sample size of the employees of MRF Kottayam branch, this study tries toidentify the possible links between stress level and personality. So the problem at hand is ‘Goodpersonality: a way to manage stress level’ a study done among the employees of MRF Tyre Ltd.Kottayam. Questionnaires are used to gather the necessary data which would be analysedsystematically and conclusions are drawn.