Overcoming Depression and Enhancing Performance. 2nd Edition: An empirical investigation among Software Professionals

Mental illness of the employees affects the overall productivity of the organisation. Workplace Depression is one of the most common mental illness. It affects worker’s productivity, judgment, ability to work with others and overall employee performance. When the performance of an employee gets affected the overall organisation gets affected. The performance of an individual involves various dimensions such as job role, career role, innovation role, team role and organisation role. It is highly desirable that an employee should have better clarity on role requirements helping to plan the career. Only when an individual is clear about the intricacies of the role, he will be able to contribute innovation in the job. This motivates to perform better in the team, thus, helping the organisation achieving its role.