A cross-cultural comparison of job stressors and reactions among employeesholding comparable jobs in live countries

The present study examined occupational stress in a cross-cultural context with a sample of female clerical employees from an Eastern and a I Western culture, namely, India and the United States. An open-ended methodology was used to study occupation-specific stress. Two other variables that researc hers have studied in the job stress process, locus of control and social su pport, were also examined. Large differences were obtained in the perceptio n of the source of stress, the coping mechanisms, and reactions to the stre ssor: The implications of these findings are discussed.