TY - JOUR T1 - A Study on Measuring the Relationship Between Stress Indicators and Work Life Balance among Women Employees of it Companies in Chennai City Using Multiple Regression AU - Sathyapriya, J. AU - Subhamathi, V. AU - Krishnapriya, V. JO - International Business Management VL - 9 IS - 6 SP - 1237 EP - 1242 PY - 2015 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2015.1237.1242 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2015.1237.1242 KW - IT sector KW -organizational stress KW -software companies KW -stress related diseases KW -stress indicators KW -work life balance KW -women employees AB - The analysis indicates that the majority of women employees belong to the age group of 26-30 years and more than one third of the women employees are BE(IT) graduates who are working as software developers. The results show that about two-third of women employees belong to the monthly income group of Rs. 25001-30000 and the majority of women employees are married and about more than one-third of women employees have the total experience of 2-4 years followed by <2 years (29.33%), 4-6 years (25.00%) and >6 years (6.67%). The results indicates about 58.66% of women employees are facing high level of organisational stress followed by very high (21.67%) and medium level (19.67%) and there is a significant difference between the organisational stress levels among the women employees in IT sector. The ANOVA test to examine the difference between stress indicators among the women employees in IT sector, The F-value of 75.474 is statically significant at 1% level indicating that there is a significant difference between stress indicators among the women employees in IT sector. The multiple regression analysis show that the apathy, depression, sleeplessness, disharmony with colleagues, confusing, excessive grooming and shivering are statistically significant at 1% of level and these indicators are positively influencing the work life balance of women employees. The recurrent minor illnesses, excessive use of alcohol or other substances, avoidance of meeting people and blinking are also statistically significant at 5% of level and these indicators also are positively influencing the work life balance of women employees. ER -