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PurposeStress at workplace is quite common in all sort of environment. It can be occurring when the demand in the job does not match with the requirements, thereby it affects their performance. The study was conducted with the aim to identify the major factors induce stress for teaching professionals in private engineering colleges and its impact towards job performance. From the observation and discussion, it was found that Workload, Working Hour, Salary, Role Ambiguity and Lack of Social Support are the major factors for stress.Design/methodology/approachA structured questionnaire was framed with the help of stress-causing factors and their effect on job performance. In addition to this, a few questions are asked related to stress management intervention program. The survey was conducted with 370 respondents while further analysis was carried out with the filled 260 respondent’s data using descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, ANOVA and SEM.FindingsThe study reveals that workload plays a significant role in stress whereas other factors are consequently lower than that. Also, the primary-level intervention programs are more effective than secondary-level intervention programs to reduce the stress level of stressors.Originality/valueThe paper was originally done by collecting data from the staff.