Research Proposal: Work Stress Impact on Women's Work-Life Balance

This report provides a comparative analysis of two journal articles focusing on the impact of work stress on women's work-life balance. The first article examines role stress on sales personnel, exploring its effects and the resulting work outcomes. It utilizes quantitative research methods and primary data to identify the challenges faced by sales professionals in Japan, Korea, and the United States. The second article investigates how occupational stress influences the work-life balance of women professionals, using qualitative research methods and secondary data from various sources. It delves into the gender inequalities, home duties, and health issues that women face. The report compares research methodologies, data types, key findings, and limitations of both studies, offering insights into how work stress affects women's professional and personal lives, and suggesting potential strategies for mitigation.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Impact Of Work Stress On Work Life Balance Of Women And
Its Outcome

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Author name-Dubinsky, Alan J; Michaels,
Ronald E; Kotabe, Masaaki; Lim, Chae Un;
Hee-Cheol Moon
Author name- K. SIRAJUNISA 1
Prof. Dr. N. PANCHANATHAM 2
Title- Influence of Role Stress on Industrial
Salespeople's Work Outcomes in the United
States, Japan, and Korea
Title- Influence of occupational stress on work
life balance
among women professionals
Publisher- Journal of
International Business Studies ; Basingstoke
Vol. 23, Iss. 1, (First Quarter 1992): 77.
Publisher- The Journal of Commerce, Vol. 2,
No. 1
ISSN: 2218-8118
Hailey College of Commerce, University of the
Punjab, PAKISTAN

RESEARCH QUESTIONS/OBJECTIVES
Article 1 Article 2
Research Question
What are the effects of role stress on sales personnel?
Research Question
How occupational stress influence work life balance among women
professionals?
Objectives-
 The purpose of the research is to identify how the stress takes place in
sales personnel and how it reflects their work.
 To study the different sales personnel behaviour is similar outcome in
stress.
 To find the issues in sales management from different countries
perspective.
Objectives-
 The objective of the
 study is to find out how the working women faces the occupational
stress and the impact of it on their home duties and working
responsibilities.
 The purpose of the research is to identify how families of the working
women can support them.
 To find out how the stress impact on the personal health of women.

LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Michaels, Day and Joachimsthaler 1987, sales
personnel has lots of responsibilities to play the different
roles at workplace. Organisational members like service
personnel, sales managers, customers have expectation from
sales personnel. All such demands by them have to be
fulfilled by the him. It acts as mediator between customers
and organisation.
As per the words of Belasco 1966, sales personnel have to
connect with outer world and variety of people in terms to
satisfy the demands of the organisation and consumers so it
leads to stress in them.
According to Martha MacDonald, et al, (2005), women faces
the gender inequality at workplace in terms of pay.
As per the words of Talma Kushnir & Samuel Melamed
(2006), women have maintain the balance between the work
and home duties, which affect their decision making, they
don't have control on their life, it burnout at home. Outcome
in stress. As they got frustrated.
According to Helen Lingard and Anna Sublet, (2002), Work
Life Conflict (WLC)
women have to manage the work and non-work roles, which
are not compatible and then the one role is affected due to
participation in other work.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND APPROACH
 Quantitative research methods used for evaluation of
the data.
 Quantitative research method are used to find the
data in proper structured way so that it gives the
proper result in form of numeric or statistic data
form.
 Systematic data analysis approach is used for the
research which is gathered at the time of survey.
 Qualitative research method used for gathering the
information.
 Qualitative research is based on the opinions,
surveys, assumptions which are in semi structured
form. So the evaluated data is dependent on the
quality responses by the respondents.
 This research contains the multiple sources for the
collection of data like journals, surveys, and
interviews .

RESEARCH METHODS
 Questionnaire method is used to evaluate the
data which is asked the different
respondents.
 The questions asked the respondents and
their answer is analysed in preparing the
research.
 Sampling method is used for collecting the
data.
 Multiple-sources used to collect the data,
documentaries and survey-based data are
collected for the research.
 Data collected from the surveys of the
working women to make the presentation.

TYPE OF DATA
 Primary data used to make the research.
 The data is numeric and statistical for which
is easy to understand.
 Data is derived directly from the respondents.
 Direct approach is undertaken to collect the
data so that interpretation of data is easier.
 Sampling method is used to gather the data.
 Secondary data is analysed to make the
research from different journals and articles.
 This methodology is appropriate for research
because it covers the different perspective of
the people.
 Sampling data is used from the journals and
articles is collected to derive the required
information.

KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION
 This research tells the role ambiguity and role
conflicts, either the sales personnel is from japan or
Korea. It does not affect the person's location.
 Decrement in performance is take place when there is
role ambiguity.
 In direction to solve the role ambiguity and conflicts
there are many organisation taking steps to decrease
it.
 This research is about to spread awareness in the
people about the women which faces many problems
at home or workplace which create the occupational
stress.
 Co-Employees at the workplace can help the women
and also, the organisation can do the flexible work
hours for women.
 Families and relative support the women which
provides help to them to maintain balance and leads
to less stress in the women.

LIMITATIONS
 This study takes place in order to
identify the geo-demographic
factors which may affect the sales
personnel mentally or health
issues.
 This research has taken only few
person.
 This study is about the
identification of different factors
which influence occupational
stress.
 This research is limited up to
certain women. So it is not
sufficient for proper outcome.

COMPARISON OF METHODOLOGIES
 Quantitative methodology is more appropriate as
it is used in examinations as well.
 This type of research using the quantitative
methodology helps to prove the points as the
information is collected from the respondents.
 This is optional strategy to collect the
information about the topic which is written by
different writers with different views.
 Quantitative analysis should be incorporated in
the study.
 As the investigatory approach is used to collect
the data. Like journals, articles are studied.

DIFFERENCES
Article 1 Article 2
 In this study the perspective of the sales
personnel is mentioned, how it gets stressed.
 It is based on the quantitative analysis of the
data.
 This research uses the primary data type
analysis.
 The role ambiguity and role conflicts are
discussed when the sales personnel have to
tackle the client or boss.
 This study tells the occupational stress in
women, how they manage their home and
work responsibilities.
 It is based on the qualitative data
assessment.
 This research is made on the secondary data
type.
 Women behaviour is assessed when they are
facing the workload and home, duties.