EFFECTS OF JOB STRESS ON JOB PERFORMANCE & JOB SATISFACTION

abstract

Job stress is increasingly becoming an epidemic in the work environment. Female

Nursing staff is constantly encountering trouble, crisis and conflict in the work

environment prevailing in the public sector hospitals that require them to cope with.

The central theme of this research study is focused on digging out the fundamental

causes of job stress of female nurses. Further, how job stress affects their job

performance and job satisfaction. The study generated quantitative data which will

open doors for further research in this area. This research study adopts quantitative

approach using questionnaire methods. Several procedures were applied to carry out

rigorous quantitative analysis.  Organizations can help reduce the overall effects of

job stress by developing and implementing prevention and intervention methods to

help employees manage and cope with job stress.  To reduce job stress of female

nurses, this study suggests several measures along with employee’s assistance

programe (EAP). This programme is focused on the employee’s total mental and

physical condition. It was found that public sector hospitals are factories to

manufacture stress. Female nurses experience more stress than male counterpart in the

public sector hospitals. The findings of this paper revealed that job stress has negative

co relation with job performance and job satisfaction.

Keywords:   Job stress, EAP, Job performance, Job satisfaction, Work environment