Employee stress and performance of companies listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
Date
2012Author
Musyoka, Mary
Ogutu, Martin
Awino, Zachary Bolo
Type
ArticleLanguage
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Stress is a universal phenomenon that manifests itself among workers as a result of
pressures originating from the workplace and outside the workplace. Academicians and
Human Resources practitioners are concerned about the impact of stress on corporate
performance. It is therefore important to understand stress and how it manifests itself
among employees and how it finally affects corporate performance. Data was collected
from 32 corporations listed at the NSE and was analyzed using descriptive and
multivariate techniques. The empirical results found that stress had positive influence
on corporate performance. The relationship between stress and physiological,
psychological and behavioral manifestation was also positive. These finding can provide
the direction for Human Resource Managers on how well to handle employee stress and
formulate the best decisions to enhance corporate performance.
Citation
DBA Africa Management Review 2012, Vol 3 No 1 pp. 115-129Publisher
DBA Africa Management Review School of Business, Department of Business administration, University of Nairobi