EFFECTS OF STRESS MANAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANK IN OSOGBO, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
Olaniyan, Toyin Solomon and Okunade, Isaac Ojo
Volume 7 Issue 1
Abstract
The workplace of the 21st century is a dynamic, highly stimulating environment which brings a large number of benefits and opportunities to those who work within it. Pleasant circumstances could bring about job stress, such as job promotion and transfer to another location. Job stress has attracted considerable attention in recent times especially within the context of organizational behavior. Work life balance, excessive overtime, change in organizational policy, fear of job insecurity and difficult customers were the major stressors in the bank. Excessive stress poses a hindrance to a smooth function and introduces friction lapse, inefficiency and other unpleasant variables in the operational activities of an organization. The broad objective of the study is to examine effects of stress management on employee performance of selected deposit money bank in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was used with sample size of two hundred and thirty eight (238), the finding showed the significant effect of work life balance to employees’ performance (F (1/ 238) = 110.151, p<0.05).) and Organisational change to employees’ performance(F (1, 237) =394.044, p<.05). The study concluded and recommended that stress is a major contributor to health and performance problems of employees and unwanted occurrences and costs for organizations. Management should design task and jobs in ways that would make for effectiveness and efficiency and bring about improvement in the productivity of their work force.
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