A Study on Occupational Stress among It Professionals Chennai

*M. Siva Kumar,Research Scholar,Bharathidasan University,Tirucirapalli. E-Mail: [email protected] ** Dr. A. MOHAMMED SIDDIQUE,Reader,Department of Management Studies, Khadir Mohideen College,Adirampatinam,Thanjur. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This century has belonged to IT era, This IT sector professionals are characterized by differing time long working hours, night shift’ lack of mobility and continued visual focusing the monitor leads to occupational stress. The present study is to measure occupational stress among IT professionals in various companies in Chennai, data were collected from 104 IT professionals in Chennai. The occupational stress index developed by srivastava sing (1983) tools was used to asses the level of occupational stress among IT professionals. The findings of this study are middle level professionals are experiencing more stress than higher and lower level professionals. The implications of results are discussed with possible intervention to improve the organizational resources among IT professionals.