Occupational Stress and its Impact on WorkLife Balance and Psychological Well-being of Remote Working Women Employees in Information Technology Enabled Sector during Covid-19 Pandemic: An Empirical Study in Hyderabad Metro

Abstract

The author reports the findings of an empirical study on occupational stress and its impact on work-life balance and psychological well-being of remote working women employees of the information technology-enabled sector during the Covid-19 Pandemic in and around Hyderabad Metro, India. This study was carried out during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic when it was at its peak during March-June 2021. The survey was carried out using a structured and undisguised questionnaire as a research instrument published on a google form. The link was provided to around 500 women employees of the IT-enabled sector in and around Hyderabad. The study received responses from 255 employees assessing the women employees' occupational stress and its effect on work-life balance and psychological wellbeing. Before the data analysis, the research instrument was assessed for its internal consistency using a reliability statistic Cronbach alpha, and the overall Cronbach alpha measured at 0.98, occupational stress 0.97, and psychological well-being overall measured at 0.98 indicating the strong internal consistency and reliability of the instrument. The measured Cronbach alpha values are>0.6 indicating the research instrument was consistent and reliable. From the results, it was concluded that there was a statistically significant influence of occupational stress on work-life balance and psychological well-being of remote working women employees of the information technology-enabled sector.