WORKPLACE STRESS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HR WELLNESS INITIATIVES AMONG HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
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This empirical study investigates the pervasive nature of workplace stress among healthcare employees and evaluates the institutional efficacy of Human Resource (HR) wellness initiatives. Characterized by prolonged shifts, systemic resource deficiencies, emotional labor, and continuous patient-care accountabilities, the healthcare service ecosystem places severe occupational strain on its core workforce, inducing chronic emotional fatigue and substantial job dissatisfaction. Utilizing a rigorous multi-stage non-probability convenience and purposive research framework sampling 150 healthcare professionals (including clinicians, nursing supervisors, specialized laboratory technicians, and institutional administrative staff) at the Feto IVF Fertility Centre, Coimbatore, this paper bridges the critical gap between empirical stress exposure and the strategic delivery of HR countermeasures. Analytical operations spanning univariate metrics, multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) linear regressions, cross-tabulated behavioral profiles, and non-parametric Pearson Chi-Square diagnostic checks reveal that up to 60% of the sample reports intense, continuous stress frequencies ('Always' or 'Often'). Surprisingly, standard macro-level markers such as subjective work-life balance scores yield highly negligible variance contributions toward primary stress outcomes, indicating that structural operational determinants—namely management infrastructure overhead, patient-to-staff ratios, and continuous physical exhaust cycles—represent the definitive root triggers of institutional burnout. The structural documentation of statistical metrics demonstrates critical operational insights into localized healthcare HR redesign mechanisms, offering an analytical dashboard template for maximizing retention and healthcare delivery safety.
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BALAJI, G. (2026). Workplace Stress and the Effectiveness of HR Wellness Initiatives Among Healthcare Employees: An Empirical Investigation. International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, 02(05). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i5.417
BALAJI, G.. "Workplace Stress and the Effectiveness of HR Wellness Initiatives Among Healthcare Employees: An Empirical Investigation." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology, vol. 02, no. 05, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i5.417.
BALAJI, G.. "Workplace Stress and the Effectiveness of HR Wellness Initiatives Among Healthcare Employees: An Empirical Investigation." International Journal of Science, Strategic Management and Technology 02, no. 05 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijsmt.v2i5.417.
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