Adverse Effect of Work Role Stress on Family Role Conflict Among Married IT Professionals in India

Adverse Effect of Work Role Stress on Family Role Conflict Among Married IT Professionals in India

Thriveni Kumari
DOI: 10.4018/IJHCITP.299065
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Abstract

Work role stress is one of the major problems that influence family role conflict of Information Technology (IT) professionals. The purpose of the paper is to examine the relationship between work role stress and family role conflict among married employees in IT sector. The data is collected from 227 married IT professionals employed in different IT companies across India. The data is analysed with the help of descriptive statistics, correlation, factor analysis and multiple regression through SPSS 21.0 software, AMOS for Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis. The results of the study revealed that all the determinants of work role stress does not effect on family role conflict of married IT professionals. Determinants such as work load and work schedules influence on family role conflict. In addition, the study findings bring out the relation between the determinants of work role stress and family role conflict. This study is important to IT companies as it helps to provide useful insights in managing family role conflict of married IT professionals.
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IT (Information Technology) sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in India. According to NASSCOM, (2017) identified that IT sector is the largest export which produce 10 crores of employment in India. With the provision of advantages in term of cost, services and skill IT companies have established their standards global wide. In order to maintain these standards, IT companies have to comprehend about their personnel since the growth and existence of IT organizations depend upon their personnel contribution (Singh, 2019). In the current years the concept of WRS and FRC has been examined extensively in the management literature.

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