The Effect of Distress on Job Satisfaction and Intention to Quit by It Professionals in India

Abstract

Employees in any organization face changing demands within the dynamic environments of business and technology development. Due to the competitive nature of the job environment most of the people in the world are spending their time for job related work purposes, resulting ignore the stressor those are influencing their work and life. Such constant changes create stressful working situations, as a result, the job satisfaction of employees is usually low and their job turnovers are high. Previous studies focused on job stress and job satisfaction of employees revealed that high levels of work stress are associated with low levels of job satisfaction and job stressors are predictive of job dissatisfaction and a greater propensity to leave the organization (Cummins, 1990). This study examined the relationship between organizational role stress and job satisfaction levels of employees. It covers the impact of different dimensions of organizational role stress, i.e. self-role distance, role ambiguity, role isolation & role inadequacy on the job satisfaction of the employees.