Stress and the Industrial Relations Process: Development of the Industrial Relations Event Scale

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Abstract
Although organizational stress has been the focus of much attention, there is a paucity of research on the stress associated with involvement in industrial relations. This article outlines the development of the Industrial Relations Event Scale (IRES), a measure designed to assess stressful events associated with the practice of industrial relations. The format of the IRES allows for the measurement of the occurrence, desirability, and perceived impact of each item. Test – retest reliability and internal consistency are satisfactory. The IRES also shows acceptable concurrent and known-group difference validity. A 20-item short form of the IRES was developed, with similar psychometric properties to the 63-item IRES. Future research priorities for the IRES and industrial relations stress in general are identified.

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