Stress Management with Special Reference to IT Sector

Today most of the employees are in the state of Stress. Stress is an inevitable&universal element. Individuals in every walk of life have to face it. Workplace stress is becoming a major issue and a matter of concern for the both the employees as well as the organizations. It has become a part of life for the employees, as life today has become so complex. It became impossible to avoid stress at home as well as in the organizations.

The employees working in different organizations have to deal with the stress. Especially IT professionals are under a great deal of stress due to many reasons. The stress contribute to decreased organizational performance, decreased employee overall performance, decreased quality of work, high attrition rate and absenteeism due to health problems such as anxiety, depression, headache and backache. Today in business turmoil&in uncertainty, the organizations are finding it difficult to manage the stress of its human resources. Stress is the "wear and tear" of our bodies experience as we adjust to our continually changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects and can create positive or negative feelings.

The objective of the study is to explore the stress related problems of IT Professionals and the other purpose is to find out measures to overcome stress that affects employees' physical and mental health. Data is collected through a structured questionnaire executed on the sample of 100 employees of IT sector. It is found that maximum number of employees in IT sector remains in stress. Majority of the employees try to find solution to relieve them from stress. Also the measures are also suggested in the paper to overcome stress that affects their physical and mental health.