Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Sumangala Chikkaswamy and Nagendrababu Krishnappa Издательство: Scholars' Press Страниц: 280 ISBN: 9783639700091
Описание
Work stress is common in most professions. However it has crossed its limits in IT sector due to heavy work pressure and time deadlines. This study aimed at assessing the levels of occupational stress among IT employees and coping mechanisms adopted by them; the influence of secondary variables, age, gender,education, designation and marital status on stress and coping; the relationship between stress and coping mechanisms adopted;influence of family environment on stress and coping.600 IT employees answered questionnaires on Occupational Stress Index(Srivastava & Singh, 1984)and Coping Check List(Rao,et.al 1986. The study revealed that occupational stress for the entire sample as moderate; employees were found to use unhealthy coping and high risk coping mechanisms, which are negative approaches to cope with stress. Relationship between stress and coping was found partially;influence of secondary variables was lesser;family environment was the most significant factor contributing to...
