Factors Associated with Job Stress of Software professionals in Bangalore city

Abstract

Software job is stressful job. It is difficult to say what factors contribute to this stress, because job stress may be caused by a complex set of reasons. Some of the most visible factors of job stress are Work Stressors, Role Stressors, Personal development stressors, Interpersonal relation Stressors and Organizational climate Stressors. The present study investigates factors that contributed to stress and relations among the stress factors of software professionals. An analysis of about 100 professionals serving different software companies was carried out. The gathered data was analyzed using descriptive, correlation and regression analyses. The study reveals that the correlation of organisational climate with all other stressors and that the software professionals are much concerned of accommodating themselves to different roles in performing the work assigned. A regression is fitted with different stress factors.