Page No.183-188
T.V. Anand Rao and Neelima Pradhan
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
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Work deadlines acts as one of the sources of stress that may lead to cause some
dysfunctional consequences to the individual as well as to the organizations. The
present study was undertaken to examine the influence of personality on perceived
work deadlines among software professionals. The perceived dead line was measured
with the dimensions namely Task support, Task significance, Task identity, Task
management, Task uncertainty and Task capability, and personality measured with
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)- personality inventory. The sample of the study
comprised of 78 IT professionals working in different software companies. The results
indicate the significance of difference among different personality groups of (i) extrovert
and introvert (ii) intuitive and sensing (iii) thinking and feeling and (iv) judging and
perceiving on perceived work deadline dimensions
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