Abstract

Cement Manufacturing Industry is being considered as one of the major sources of revenue in Kashmir division after the Tourism industry. But the performance of this industry has been equally under the threat because of rapidly increasing work stress which has become a huge challenge for the employers globally, as the increasing levels of stress results into the lower productivity, increased absenteeism and assortment of other employee tribulations at the work place. Aim: The aim of this paper was to investigate as to which extent the demographic variables (i.e. Qualification, Length of tenure and marital status) influence the work stress of cement manufacturing workers in Kashmir division. Methods: The sample size consists total of 300 workers, 150 workers were selected from JK Cements Ltd. and 150 from the Khyber Cements Pvt. Ltd.