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The Impact Of Occupational Stress On Worker’s Performance
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Productivity refers to the measure
of efficiency of a given input in producing a given output. Productivity
improvement in the large society or organization has of recent
generated much attention and concern. The success of failure of failure
of an organization largely depend on its level of productivity which may
be high or low depending on several factor (Irukwu, 2001).
Schular
(1981), defined stress as “ dynamic condition in which an individual is
confronted with an opportunity, constraint or demand related to what
he or she desires and for which the outcome is perceived to be both
certain and important.
The inter-relationship between the mind and
the body is well known as well as the link between stress and the human
health. It is pertinent to know that not all stress can be both negative
and positive and have both effects is bad. Stress can be both negative
and positive and have both effects respectively. Infact stress is
essential for human survival. A minimum amount of stress does not
discriminate by sex, age or class. It affects everyone in all classes of
the society.
People in organizations experience a lot of demand and
pressure. These demand and pressure are often conflicting. Pressure
emerges everyday in the course of work which causes a lot of stress on
people. It is therefore necessary to understand the nature of stress,
how people respond to it, its consequences and how control or manage it.
According
to Oharei and Odejide, 1991 Stress can be seen as “the biological
response to events that threatens to overwhelm the individual capacity
to cope satisfactorily in the environment. It can also be seen that
there is a potential for stress when an environment is perceived as
presenting a demand that threatens to exceed the person’s capabilities
and resources for meeting it under conditions here he expected a
substantial differential in the regards and cost from meeting the demand
versus not meeting it. This is to say that the causes of stress can be
found not only within the environment but also within the individual.
In the addition, the interaction of both can cause stress.
Green
etal, (1990), defined psychological stress as a “particular relationship
between a person and the environment that is appraised or perceived by
the person as taking exceeding his or her resources and endangering his
or her well-being. The perception of stress is the part to whether the
person or individual experiences stress or not. This is the treason why
what an individual considers as stress may not be stress to the other
person.
Cooper and Marshal (1976), defined occupational stress as
negative environmental factors or stress associated with a particular
job. Stress is very common in the workplace than in other aspect of
life. However, it is pertinent to know that the work environment can
pose as a danger to the health and well being or workers. Satter et al,
1990 stated that “the work environment is a threat or risk factor with
regards to the physical health and safety of workers. Occupational
stress may result due to lack of co-operation or harmony between a
worker and his work environment. The work environment an individual is
exposed to have a relative effect on his health, social and
psychological needs and also to enhance the quality of life of such a
person.
The adverse effects of occupational stress can lead to either
Behavioural, Psychological or even semantic problems. Responses to
such behaviour could be insomnia, dizziness, fatigue, headache,
frustration, anger, fear, aggression, hyperactivity etc. Other possible
response of long term stress could be arthritis, ulcer, and
constipation, susceptibility to disease or infection, backaches, heart
problems, appetite loss, indigestion, increased blood pressure. These
physical disorders would culminate in some familiar emotional problems
such as marital strife, sexual problems, excessive drinking, and eating
junk food instead of meals.
As mentioned earlier the anxiety on the
part of workers to meet up with expectations or target put them under so
much pressure which will eventually lead to stress and consequently
inadequate performance. Several other factors causes occupational
stress such as work overload, Role conflict Deadlines, Poor working
conditions, it is however important for individuals to know about
personal stress control or management and also 5the organization to put
in place mechanism for organizational stress management.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research examined the Impact of Occupational Stress on Worker’s Performance with special reference to Neimenth International Pharmaceuticals Plc. The research adopted survey research design. Data were gathered through primary source with the aid of a well-structured questionnaire. Simple random sampling technique was adopted in the selection of sample, this was used to eliminate biasness in the selection process of the respondents.Data garnered were presented on table using percentag ... Continue reading---
