A STUDY ON WORK STRESS AND ITS IMPACT ON

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND WORK LIFE

BALANCE
TO
MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
For Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree

In
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(GLOBAL BUSINESS)
BY
Mr. DELISHA MATHIAS
REG NO: 1712070001
Under the Guidance Of

Dr. SANTHOSH B.R

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
 Declaration

I hereby declare that the major thesis titled “A STUDY ON WORK STRESS AND ITS
IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND WORK LIFE BALANCE” has been
submitted during the year 2018-2019 under the guidance of Dr. SANTOSH B.R for partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree in Masters of Business
Administration, Manipal University.

This project report is purely the results of my own effort and has not been submitted to any
other university for the award of a degree, diploma or any other similar title.

Reg. No: 1712070001

Date: March,2019

Place: Manipal

DELISHA MATHIAS
 SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

MANIPAL - 576 104

A Constituent Institution of Manipal Academy of Higher Education,

Manipal-576 104

This is to certify that the major thesis titled “A STUDY ON WORK STRESS AND ITS
IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND WORK LIFE BALANCE” is a
bonafide work of

DELISHA MATHIAS

Reg. No 1712070001

it was carried out in partial fulfillment of the requirements for awarding the degree in
Master of Business Administration in School of Management under Manipal Academy of
Higher Education, during the academic year 2018-2019.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

At the outset, I present my humble prayers to The LORD for giving me strength, courage,
determination not only in pursue of this thesis but also in every work of life.

I express my sincere thanks to our Honorable Director of School of Management, MAHE

Manipal, Dr. Raveendranath Nayak for allowing me to domy major thesis.

With immense pleasure and heartfelt gratitude, I express my earnest thanks to my thesis
Guide – Dr. SANTOSH B.R of SOM, MAHE Manipal, for his constant guidance and great
support for my major thesis.

Last but not the least I thank my Parents, Faculties of SOM and friends for their timely
help and suggestions.
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1 INTRODUCTION 2

2 LITERATURE REVIEW 15

3 RESEARCH METHODODLOGY 19

4 DATA ANALYSIS AND 24

INTERPRETATION

5 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION 34

6 BIBLOGRAPHY 37

7 ANNEXURE 38
ABSTRACT
The research mainly focuses on how employee performance is impacted by work stress and work
life balance. The study analyzes the various factors that cause work stress and work life balance.
The study was on 100 respondents of IT sector of Bengaluru region. The statistical tool used for
analysis are reliability, correlation and regression. The analysis signifies that there is significant
relationship between employee performance and work life balance.