Stress is the “wear and tear” our minds and bodies experience as we attempt to cope with our continually changing environment. Stress mainly occurs when the pressure is greater than the resource. | A study on stress management in various sectors in India International Journal of Management IJM Volume 8 Issue 1 January February 2017 61 Article ID IJM_08_01_007 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 8 amp IType 1 Journal Impact Factor 2016 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication A STUDY ON STRESS MANAGEMENT IN VARIOUS SECTORS IN INDIA Dr. V. Antony Joe Raja HOD Department of Management Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology Chikkarayapuram Chennai Tamil Nadu India V. Vijayakumar MCA Software Engineer iPLON India Pvt Ltd Chennai India ABSTRACT Stress is the wear and tear our minds and bodies experience as we attempt to cope with our continually changing environment. Stress mainly occurs when the pressure is greater than the resource. Stress is not something bad but it all depends on how we take it Most of the stress we experience is self-generated. It is generated on how we perceive life whether an event makes us feel threatened or stimulated encouraged or discouraged happy or sad depends to a large extent on how we perceive ourselves. Self-generated stress is something of paradox because so many people think of external causes when they are upset. But one should recognize that we create most of our own upsets in our daily life through our way of responding to things in a negative way which may be due to lack of awareness or our inability to perceive things as they are ought to be. Key words Stress Management Employees. Cite this Article Dr. V. Antony Joe Raja and V. Vijayakumar A Study on Stress Management in Various Sectors in India. International Journal of Management 8 1 2017 pp. 50 61. http IJM JType IJM amp VType 8 amp IType 1 1. INTRODUCTION . What Is Stress Stress is the reaction that people experience due to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed upon them. It arises when they worry that they can t .