Impact of Job Stress on Employees' Productivity and Commitment
Keywords:
Job Stress, Employees, Productivity, Employees', Commitment,Abstract
Stress is a universal element and persons from nearly every occupation have to face stress. Employers today are critically analyzing
the stress management issues that contribute to lower job performance of employee originating from dissatisfaction & high turnover
ultimately affecting organizational goals and objectives. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of job stress on employees'
productivity and commitment among academic staff of Nigeria Universities. The scope of study in centered on all universities in
Nigeria.. Field study was conducted with questionnaire as the primary data collection instrument. Data was analyzed using statistical
techniques with SPSS (Version 20) calculated chi-square. The results showed that there is an impact of job stress on the productivity
of employees. In addition, there is an impact of job stress on employees' commitment. When higher level of stress exist with no
managerial concern for solution consequently lowering the employee performance; staking organizational reputation and loss of
skilled employees, these situations call for immediate concern from organization management for employing effective stress
management practices to increase employee satisfaction and overall employee performance. It was recommended that remedial
measures need to be taken by management to minimize the effects of job stress on permanent basis. For this purpose, management
must conduct the research programs to build the managerial and technical skills of employees.
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