Stress management -An Empirical Analysis

This study is aimed at exploring various strategies adopted by the BPO Personnel to overcome the stress, based on their perception. Stress Management warrants much attention nowadays, particularly in the corporate sector, more so in the IT Sector. While a minimum level of stress is harmless, even necessary to bring out the best in human beings at work, too much of stress will wear the employee out, upset his work life balance and simply damage him totally. The study was based on primary data collected by using pre-structured questionnaire. To evaluate the stress managing strategies, t-test and F - test were used. First, reliability of the items in the scale measuring the Stress Management was evaluated using Reliability/Item Analysis with Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient. Next, Principal Component Method of Factor Analysis, with Varimax Rotation, was used to identify the major characteristics underlying the Stress Management.