Does Social Capital Affect Perceived Job Environment? Evidence from IT & ITES Sectors

Perception about job environment affects job satisfaction levels of employees. The purpose of this research is to study the relationship among certain social capital variables and perceived job environment. The descriptive research design has been followed for this study. The respondents of the study are employees of IT and ITES firms in Chandigarh. IT and ITES jobs involve long working hours with daily and monthly targets. Thus, the perceived job environment becomes all the more important. Multiple regression analysis and correlation analysis has been used for data analysis. Social capital variables are found to have a significant relationship with the perceived job environment at the workplace.