Occupational stress and employee performance a case of united nations mission central african republic
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2016-10
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Kampala International University. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to establish the occupations stress and employee
performance relationship between occupational stress and employee
performance. The research objectives were 1) determine the level of occupational
stress among employees (2) examine the level of employee performance in
United Nations Mission in Central African Republic. (3) establish the relationship
between occupational stress and employee performance.
The study employed the descriptive cross sectional survey design. Correlation
was used to establish the relationship between occupational stress and employee
performance and testing of hypothesis. Triangulation method was used for both
qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Stratified sampling was used to select a sample from each category of
employees. Then simple random sampling was used to select respondents from
each selected sample from the category.
The study adopted self-administered questionnaire and interview guide. The
findings revealed that occupational stress has a positive significantly influence on
employee performance in behavioral, emotional and physiological.
The study concluded that occupational stress affects employee performance.
Further the study noted that employee due to occupational stress, many
employee performance has been affected greatly as evidenced in their late
coming at work, delay in writing reports, slow is coordinating activities among
others.
The study recommended that United Nations Mission in Central African Republic
should adopt strategies of managing employee occupational stress through
reducing workload, emphasizing on work delegation, creating conducive working
environment, provision of leave and other. The study also recommended that
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic should train their
employees in order to enhance their performance.
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A Research Report presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research of Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Masters in Human Resource Management
Keywords
Occupational stress, Employee performance