STRESS MANAGEMENT- AN OVERVIEW

MS Yathish Chandra, Rashmi MJ

Abstract


Stress is an emotional factor which can impact on working environment either in terms of positive or negative views based on one’s own views about the situation. Hence stress has a become the buzz word of corporate, especially IT industry which is experiencing tremendous growth and facing umpteen challenges. As observed stress levels are cause of concern especially in IT and ITES industry, as they work against unrealistic targets, erratic time schedule. This is mainly because most of the IT firms would be executing orders from abroad and they would be working against the various time zones. This causes more problems to the employees in IT firms as they look for handsome pay packets against their health. Hence a study on “Stress Management - An Overview” is carried out. Further for the study secondary sources are collected to examines the stress management techniques in various organization in general and their relevance. The study reveals that wellness program is playing a vital role in order to overcome stress in working environment.


Keywords


Emotion, Techniques, Wellness, levels, pay packets.

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