The relationship between stress and job performance among IT professionals in Jaffna district.

Abstract

The modern-day businesses heavily depend on Information Technologies and systems. It leads to expanded job roles, increased the work demands and over pressures of Information Technology professionals. This study intended to find out the relationship between stress and job performance among IT professionals in Jaffna district. Snowball sampling technique was used and data were collected from 88 respondents by using E-Questionnaires through electronic media. Correlation analysis was done to carry out the study. The findings of the study revealed that stress is negatively co related (r= - 0.6917) with job performance of IT Professionals. The paper concludes with recommendations for further research.