Development of an Instrument to Measure Stress Among Software Professionals: Factor Analytic Study

Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 34-43

  Rajeswari, K S ^a   Anantharaman, R N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Occupational stress; Software professionals

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL STRESSES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0141929352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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