Effect of Technology in Sedentary Lifestyle and its Impact on the Overall Well Being of the it Employees in Chennai
D. Anithakumari1, S. Gayathri2, G. Ramya3
1Dr. D. Anitha Kumari, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Vels Institute of Science, Technology& Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
2Dr. S. Gayathri, Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, Vels Institute of Science, Technology& Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
3Mrs. G. Ramya, M.Phil, Research Scholar, Department of Management Studies, Vels Institute of Science, Technology& Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 21 August 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 11 September 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 September 2019 | PP: 1489-1494 | Volume-8 Issue-2S8 August 2019 | Retrieval Number: B10880882S819/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1088.0882S819
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Abstract: The employees of the corporate world spend most of their office hours at their table. It is no wonder, that the office environment is sedentary. After a long day work, there is very less chance that the employee finds time for healthy physical activity. Employees are involved in a sedentary lifestyle, and are bound to have a negative impact over health leading to psychological stress and many other physiological problems. This paper concentrates on bringing out the impacts of sedentary lifestyle among IT employees with reference to Chennai. Besides in sedentary lifestyle, practices such as no appropriate balanced diet, intake of more junk foods and less consumption of water marks them to encounter many other health hazards which also is considered in the study. The study is descriptive in nature and has been conducted among a sample size of 180.Chi-square analysis and correlation analysis were used to interpret the results. Thus organization should make some corrective actions to help the employees to save them from being subjected to continual sedentary lifestyle. The employees need to take necessary measure to use the facilitations given by the organization. Thus a brief analysis on the ill health issues as an effect of technology and the ignorance by the employees is made and offered for supplementary analysis.
Keywords: Sedentary, Lifestyle, Stress, Health, Implication, IT Professionals.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences