Occupational stress: Analyzing the factors affecting the well-being and mindfulness of information technology employees at the workplace.

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Title: Occupational stress: Analyzing the factors affecting the well-being and mindfulness of information technology employees at the workplace.
Authors: Rajappan D; Department of Management Studies, Rohini College of Engineering and Technology, Anjugramam, Tamilnadu, India., Sivasubramanian Thangathurai Pandian A; Department of Management Studies, Rohini College of Engineering and Technology, Anjugramam, Tamilnadu, India., Vijayakumar Santhi I; Department of Management Studies, Amrita College of Engineering and Technology, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India., Neelakanda Pillai Varadha Lekshmi RK; Department of Computer Science and Engineering, DMI Engineering College, Aralvaimozhi, Tamil Nadu, India.
Source: Work (Reading, Mass.) [Work] 2025 Dec; Vol. 82 (4), pp. 1131-1142. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Jul 23.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Language: English
Journal Info: Publisher: SAGE Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9204382 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1875-9270 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10519815 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Work Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: 2024- : [Thousand Oaks, CA] : SAGE Publications
Original Publication: Reading, MA : Andover Medical Publishers, c1990-
MeSH Terms: Mindfulness*/methods , Occupational Stress*/psychology , Occupational Stress*/etiology , Workplace*/psychology , Workplace*/standards , Information Technology*, Humans ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Middle Aged ; Analysis of Variance
Abstract: BackgroundStress at the workplace has a detrimental effect on the job performances of both the employees and the employers. This study discusses occupational stress of employees in Information Technology (IT) organizations and analyzes the factors which tend to affect the well-being and mindfulness of employees at the workplace.ObjectiveThis research with a focus on multiple stress factors including individual factors, organization factors, and environment factors has undergone an empirical investigation to examine which of the factors cause stress to employees in their workplace.MethodsA structured questionnaire has been developed with 30 questions and the data have been collected from 260 employees of IT organizations. The collected data have been analyzed using ANOVA and SEM. From the analysis results of ANOVA, we conclude that individual factors, environment factors, and organization factors can highly impact the mindfulness and well-being of employees in an organization.ResultsThis study shows that there are several consequences to applying mindfulness for managing stress in an organization.ConclusionsWe conclude that these consequences can influence businesses, activists, and scholars. This study reveals that organization factors, individual factors, and environment factors cause occupational stress and impact the well-being and mindfulness of workers.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: environment factors; mindfulness; organization factors; stress management; well-Being; workplace stress factors
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20250723 Date Completed: 20251203 Latest Revision: 20251203
Update Code: 20251204
DOI: 10.1177/10519815251353461
PMID: 40697118
Database: MEDLINE
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Abstract:BackgroundStress at the workplace has a detrimental effect on the job performances of both the employees and the employers. This study discusses occupational stress of employees in Information Technology (IT) organizations and analyzes the factors which tend to affect the well-being and mindfulness of employees at the workplace.ObjectiveThis research with a focus on multiple stress factors including individual factors, organization factors, and environment factors has undergone an empirical investigation to examine which of the factors cause stress to employees in their workplace.MethodsA structured questionnaire has been developed with 30 questions and the data have been collected from 260 employees of IT organizations. The collected data have been analyzed using ANOVA and SEM. From the analysis results of ANOVA, we conclude that individual factors, environment factors, and organization factors can highly impact the mindfulness and well-being of employees in an organization.ResultsThis study shows that there are several consequences to applying mindfulness for managing stress in an organization.ConclusionsWe conclude that these consequences can influence businesses, activists, and scholars. This study reveals that organization factors, individual factors, and environment factors cause occupational stress and impact the well-being and mindfulness of workers.
ISSN:1875-9270
DOI:10.1177/10519815251353461