Impact of Organizational Factors on Work Stress Among Women Working In Information Technology Sector

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyses the impact of Individual Factors that is multitasking, Organisational Factors that is Organizational Culture, Organizational commitment, Organizational Support and Technological Factors that Technological advancement on job stress. A causal research design was adopt to carry out the data collection. For this purpose, women employees from various Information Technology. A questionnaire with 37 items with 5 Point Likert Scale were develop and test its reliability and validity prior to the distribution of questionnaire. 300 respondents that women working as middle-level managers were selected from IT sector in Bengaluru Urban using convenient sampling technique. The survey questionnaire was sent via Email requesting to complete it. The questionnaire includes demographic information’s and statements to measure five independent variables of Multitasking, Organizational Culture, Organizational commitment, Organizational Support and Technological Advancement to measure work-related stress. The dependent variable is work stress. Only 208 completed questionnaires were returned (usable sample). Correlation and Regression analysis was carried out to examine the relationship between the variables and to measure the impact on work stress using SPSS 22. Therefore, we concluded that increasing time pressure and role ambiguity would reduce employee performance in all aspects. Future research should consider a larger sample from leading sectors where job natures are similar. Analysis should be more rigorous, where Amos could be used for structural Equation Modelling.