The Effects of Stress on Employee Productivity: A Perspective of Zimbabwe’s Socio-Economic Dynamics of 2016

Abstract

This study was motivated by Zimbabwe’s deteriorating economic experience, which has resulted in high unemployment rates, low productivity, high cost of doing business, increased labour disputes, and stress manifestation amongst the working population. The results of the study showed that change factors, demands or pressure factors, lack of support and participation at work by supervisors and other staff members, and work role were to a greater extent the most stressful factors. The perennial economic crisis in the country, high degree of uncertainty due to restructurings and redundancies, and work changes without consultations, had a positive impact on employee’s productivity. The regression results concluded that poor work relationships, lack of support at work, and poor planning had negatively affected productivity.

The Impact of Stress on Productivity – Evidence From the Academic Staff of Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria

“…They include, among others, ambiguous job descriptions, threats or victimization, work overload, job insecurity, deadlines, and lack of motivation on the part of the management. This is corroborated by Wilford (2017), who asserts that work-related stress are associated with factors related to deadlines or pressure to complete assignments, job insecurity, and working during holidays or annual leave. 1 illustrates stress statistics and components in the United States of America (USA), Zimbabwe, and the global average.…”

“…In this case, stress can either be a perception or an actual disequilibrium between the demand of work and an employee's ability to cope. To further drive home this point, Wilford (2017) asserts that stress causes employees to lose enthusiasm and reduce the commitment required for the job which invariably affects productivity.…”

“…Some of the stressors experienced by university Lecturers include the following: anxiety, fear, anger or irritability, turnover, sickness, absenteeism, inability to meet deadlines, postponement of lectures, arguments, temperamental problems, complaints, disorganization, and collection of assignments. According to Dean (2002) and Wilford (2017), excessive stress leads to health challenges of the employees directly or indirectly at the expense of the organization. It also causes reduction of employees' inputs and overall production, as well as absenteeism due to health challenges of employees and low productivity levels in organizations.…”

Peran Program Kampung Sehat Dalam Peningkatan Ketahanan Pangan di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 (Studi Kasus Kelurahan Samapuin Kecamatan Sumbawa Kabupaten Sumbawa)

“…Keamanan dari lingkungan ini sangatlah penting oleh karena besarnya potensi untuk terjadinya konflik sosial di kala pandemi ini (Satya, 2020). Dengan terjaminnya keamanan di lingkungan Kelurahan Samapuin tersebut, masyarakat menjadi tenang dan dapat mengerjakan pekerjaannya dengan lebih tenang tanpa stress (Mawanza, 2017). Yang kedua, bhabinkamtibmas dan Babinsa memberikan bantuan dalam hal membeli kebutuhan yang diperlukan masyarakat misalnya polybag untuk menanam ataupun bantuan berupa bibit.…”

The Effect of Occupational Safety, Work Skills, And Employability on Stress and Implications on The Productivity of Employment Construction Service Workers

“…Productivity reflects the ratio of output to input (resources) used to produce output (Attar, Gupta, & Desai, 2013;Hersey, Blanchrard, & Johnson, 2008;Koontz & Weihrich, in Janjua, 2016). In addition, productivity also shows the ability of employees to produce jobs or goods and services in accordance with standards (Mawanza, 2017) and the multiplication function of employee effort (effort) supported by high motivation and employee ability (ability) obtained through training ) (Klingner & Nanbaldian, in Gomes, 2005). Robbins (in Droussiotis, 2004) suggests that productivity is a measurement of performance which includes effectiveness and efficiency.…”