*PhD Research Scholar, Department of Management, Research & Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
**Associate Professor, in Business Administration, Arumugam Pillai Seethai Ammal College, Tirupattur
Stress has become a major concern of the modern times as it cancause harm to employees’ health and performance. Work related stress costs organization high each year through sickness, turnover and absenteeism. Stress is a part of everybody's life. Depending on the level of stress, it can control our lives, especially in the workplace. We begin to spend several long hours at work, and thus have less time for other things. Stressed employees may be unhappy and thus produce nominally. Stress can deteriorate social and family relationships and eventually burn you out; ultimately it can take toll on your health. Organizations need to recognize stress as a problem and decide whether or not to act upon it. So, it becomes necessary for every organization to know the level of stress and its consequences on the employee performance as well as productivity so as to overcome it Situations themselves are not stressful, they simply happen. The stress results from the way we perceive those situations. Stress often occurs when we feel we are powerless to change the things that are impacting on our lives. This study on the impact of stress on employees of Reliance Life Insurance Ltd was conducted to know the level of stress and its consequences faced by the employees.
