Occupational Stress and Organization Performance in Uganda A case study of Mukwano Group of Companies (U) Ltd Kampala.
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2013-08
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Abstract
The study set out to assess occupational stress and organization performance at Mukwano Group
of companies Uganda Limited. It was guided by a number of objectives which were; to fmd out
the causes of occupational stress in organizations, to establish the effects of stress on employee
performance in organizations, to establish the measures of reducing on stress in an organization.
A sample of 48 respondents was used
The study was carried out using a self administered questionnaire and an interview guide and the
results were analyzed and presented in tables, figures and on content. The study concluded that
there are a number of factors leading to occupational stress in Mukwano Group of companies.
The presence of difficult workers was found out to be the major cause of occupational stress in
Mukwano group of companies, while low motivation and moral was the major effect of stress on
employee performance in Mukwano group of companies and lastly making changes in the
organization was suggested as the most effective measure of reducing on stress in Mukwano
Group of companies. There are still a number of challenges that need to be addressed at all levels
of the organization concerning occupational stress and the ability to create report among the
respondents so as to create a conducive environment in order to get the required information and
there is also need to enhance employee remuneration to help them love the organization. It is
also important to enhance Communication skills acquired and applied during work management.
The researcher recommend that the organization should make interventions like identifying or
determining the signs of stress, identifying possible causes for the signs and developing possible
proposed solutions for each sign as ways of reducing on occupational stress than encouraging
labour turn over, the organization can train their workers according to the organization needs to
help them to adopt to new challenges and Management should always inform workers in case of
need for voluntary turn over rather than creating possible outcomes that can cause occupational
stress.
Description
Research report submitted to the College of Economics and
Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Award of Bachelors Degree in Human
Resource Management of Kampala
International University.
Keywords
Occupational Stress, Organization Performance, Mukwano Group of Companies, Uganda