A Study On Stress And Its Management In Information Technology Industry In India

Abstract

The employees of various organizations, especially employees working in IT companies have to spend time under heavy pressure of conflicting demands and work situations. They perform managerial functions under very compelling situations. This leads to anxiety and stress. It is evident that challenges are posed by the changing business scenario, which forces upon the IT employees to perform their task under compelling situations. Information Technology professionals need to take responsibility for maintaining the necessary balance in their lives by addressing these workplace stressors. Once the stressors are identified by the individual, a commitment must be made to work on easing this stress. Generally Information Technology employees are found to have various causes of stress like, heavy workload and its concomitant time pressures and unrealistic deadlines; what must be accomplished on the job and what the manager would like the employees to accomplish; the general organizational political climate; and lack of feedback on job performance.