• R.SRIKALA
• Dr S.Namasivayam M.Com., M.Phill., Ph.D.

This study is to examine the impact of job stress and organisational commitment on job performance of employees working in select IT companies in Coimbatore. IT services have opportunities in the areas of consulting management, internet and application maintenance services. Coimbatore is well known for the cotton mills in previous years, but at present, after the rise of Information Technology sector in India, the city is growing as one of the prominent IT hubs in South India. The organizations should stay successful in order to meet the global competition. The increasing competition among various IT companies has lead to improving the performance of each company. It is also important for the company to understand the factors that influence the commitment of the employees and job performance as the outcome. Therefore, the objective is to study the impact of Job Stress and Organisational Commitment on Job Performance of employees working in select IT companies. The study is descriptive in nature and depends upon primary data. Both Primary and Secondary data are used for the study. Simple random sampling method has been adopted to collect the primary data. Six IT companies are selected for the study. Simple random sampling method has been adopted to collect the primary data. 121 sample respondents were finalized for data analysis. Tools used are Percentage Analysis, Garrett Ranking Method and Regression Analysis. It is observed from the study that there significant relationship between affective commitment and job performance as well as normative commitment and job performance Also, the result reveals significant impact (@ 10% level) between job stress and job performance Stress can have significant negative impact on job performance this may be due to poor supervision, unrest with successive targets, internal politics, more work and less pay may all contribute significantly as well as indirectly reducing their satisfaction level and also their commitment level towards job may need to be immediately attended by the management of the select IT companies to keep elevating the employee moral.

Job Stress, Organisational Commitment, Job Performance, Employees, IT Companies, etc.

"IMPACT OF JOB STRESS AND ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT ON JOB PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES WORKING IN SELECT IT COMPANIES, COIMBATORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.1264-1275, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002395.pdf

"IMPACT OF JOB STRESS AND ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT ON JOB PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES WORKING IN SELECT IT COMPANIES, COIMBATORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp1264-1275, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002395.pdf