A Study of Role Stress among the IT Professionals in India: Examining the Impact of Demographic Factors

Organizational Stress: A Review Of Literature

Lazarus (1993) explained Stress, as a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that the, “environmental demands exceed the personal and social resources that the individual is able to mobilize”. Hans Selye referred to stress as the, “non-specific response of the body to any demand for change” (Selye, 1997).Research shows that Stress has been studied from various contemporary and historic perspectives. Its impact on work outcomes has been heavily research upon. Researchers have also tried to identify the role of different cultural, demographic and social factors on stress. While on the one hand it has been reported that there are no differences between women and men in relation to workplace stress, it has also been noted that there are differences in both stressors and the severity of stress between the genders.