Abstract:
There are currently over 10,000 middle-aged IT workers in Sri Lanka, many of whom face
increasing health problems as the country's IT sector grows rapidly since the 1990s’. This
profession necessitates a lot of effort and stress on both a mental and physical level. They now
require a better working environment in order to continue their operations, and research is being
carried out to find them one. This is because the workplace serves as a person's second home.
This research study focuses to determine the factors that influence employment-related health
risk for mid-career employees in the Sri Lankan IT operation sector. The primary research
goals were obtained by conducting a comprehensive review of the literature and interviews
with top-level IT operation professionals in Sri Lanka. As a result of that, research could
identify five main factors namely career model, Work life balance, occupational environment,
work stress and working hours. Five hypotheses were derived from the conceptual model,
each based on a different variable identified in the study. An online survey was sent to
professionals in the mid-career IT operation sector in order to collect data for testing
hypotheses developed to prove if there are associations between the identified variables and
work-related health risks. Research evaluation was done using statistical analysis. Research
findings reveal that all the factors have positive relationship with employment-related health-
risk, such that work stress, career model and occupational environment have comparatively
higher influence, whereas working hours and work life balance have the lower influence.
Citation:
Samaranayaka, H.M.. (2022). Perceived employment - related health risks for mid-career employees in Sri Lankan IT- operation sector [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/21445