Personality as a Predictor of Occupational Stress General Health and Job Satisfaction among IT Professionals

  • Dolly Bansal DRDO-Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Delhi - 110 054, India
  • Vijendra Nath Pathak DRDO- Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Delhi-110054, India
Keywords: Personality, Occupational Stress, General Health, Job Satisfaction and IT Professionals

Abstract

The study aims to highlight Personality as a Predictor of Occupational Stress, General Health, and Job Satisfaction among IT Professionals (government and private). Four hundred fifty respondents of IT professional (Government and private sector in India) (Male=298, Female=152), having at least 3 years of experience in IT sector from Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, and Pune. The age ranged from 22 - 49 year (Mean Age 25). Stratified random sampling was used. A total six hundred respondents were collected out of which 150 were not appropriate for the study (unfulfilled data). The psychometrically standardized questionnaires were used i.e. Occupational Stress Indicator – OSI, General Health Questionnaire 12, NEO Five-Factor Inventory and Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. The result revealed that there was no significant difference between males and females on job satisfaction and general health. Further, there was a significant difference between the private and government sectors of IT professional’s on job satisfaction and occupational stress. The coefficient of correlation indicated a significantly positive correlation between occupational stress and personality. Regression analysis revealed that the level of job satisfaction depends upon negative affectivity. These findings indicated that negative affectivity has emerged as one of the important contributing factors to general health and job satisfaction on IT professionals. Preventive measures are suggested based on findings on how to reduce occupational stress of IT employees which would contribute to maintain a satisfied and contented staff.

Author Biographies

Dolly Bansal, DRDO-Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Delhi - 110 054, India

Dr Dolly Bansal has her Masters and PhD in Psychology. She is a Scientist in the field of psychology with an impressive experience of more than 15 year in DIPR. Versatile as she is, has acquired incredible experience in diverse areas of psychology that includes Human Engineering Factors, Personality Assessment, Organisational behaviour and Training and Development. She has been part of the major projects undertaken by DIPR, significant of them have been the development and commissioning of the Computerised pilot selection system. Few of the outstanding awards are the best scientists of the year in 2009, National Science Day Oration in 2012 and Technology Group Award in 2013. She was also honoured with the AGNI award in the year 2015 for excellence in the development of Computerised Pilot Selection System.

Vijendra Nath Pathak, DRDO- Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Delhi-110054, India

Dr Vijendra Nath Pathak completed his MPhil and PhD from Department of Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith Varanasi. He has completed Post-Doctoral Fellow of Indian Council Social Science Research, Delhi. He was also honored with Outstanding Contributor award in the 2018 provided by Indian Academy of Health Psychology. Currently, he is working as Research Associate Fellow at DRDO-Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Delhi, India.

Published
2020-02-19
How to Cite
Bansal, D., & Pathak, V. (2020). Personality as a Predictor of Occupational Stress General Health and Job Satisfaction among IT Professionals. Defence Life Science Journal, 5(1), 25-30. https://doi.org/10.14429/dlsj.5.14620
Section
General Papers