dc.description.abstract | This research paper focuses on the influence of stress on employee performance. In different
chapters, the researcher shows how elements of stress impact employee performance in any
organization. Elements of stress such as workload, employee relationships and time pressure
were reviewed against performance measures like task accomplishment, commitment and
quality of output.
The objective of the study was to establish the effect of stress on performance and in an effort to
achieve this; a quantitative approach was used in the study to give results that could be reliable
when viewed from quantitative point of view by use of questionnaires.
From the study, it was found out that stress negatively influences employee performance at
work. Therefore, elements of stress such as workload and employee relationships were found to
have a significant negative effect on performance in terms of quality of output and commitment
thus undesirable in any organizational setting | en_US |