The Impact of Positive Affect on Occupational Stress of Information Technology Professionals

In the growing field of positive psychology, positive affect has proved as an important variable which affects many domains of life. The potentialities of positive affect have become more obvious over the last few years. This study is an attempt to explore the role of positive affect in organizational psychology. The hypothesis was chosen to prove impact of positive affect on occupational stress of Information Technology professionals. The data was collected from a sample of 100 information technology professionals from different software companies in Bangalore. A purposive sampling method was used for the study. The data were analyzed using Multiple Regression Analysis. The results of this study confirmed the hypothesis that there is a relationship between the positive affect and the level of occupational stress. The study reveals that people with high positive affect experience less occupational stress.