• Preetisha Sanghmitra
• Radhika Hatwar

Stress refers to a feeling of physical or emotional tension. The source of stress could be any event or thought that makes you nervous frustrated or angry. The main purpose of this study is to determine the possible causes of stress in the job and suggest appropriate interventions to reduce and manage stress among IT employees in Covid pandemic where the workforce executive their job roles through work from home model. There are different factors which contribute to stress in work influencing the employee commitment, job satisfaction, productivity and job involvement. The research sample consists of 64 respondents, consisting of male and female working at all levels in the IT sector. The data was collected through online using structured questionnaire. The sampling technique adapted was convenient sampling. The techniques for analysis used in the study are descriptive statistics and Chi Square Analysis. Deadlines in the project or jobs to be met, lack of appreciation from the supervisors/management, lack of security and safety are found to be the main source of stress among IT employees. Further a few suggestions to intervene the job stress such as psychological counselling, virtual annual family day programmes, virtual informal weekly meetings, access to fitness centres and employee autonomy in decision making were recommended to reduce and manage job stress among IT employees.

Job stress, Stress management interventions, IT employees, Workload

"A STUDY ON JOB STRESS AMONG IT EMPLOYEES ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.e79-e93, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107514.pdf

"A STUDY ON JOB STRESS AMONG IT EMPLOYEES ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppe79-e93, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107514.pdf