A Study on Effect of Stress on Employee Performance in Cooperative Sector

Abstract

Stress is a psychological term which is feeling of strain and pressure. Job stress is becoming an alarming situation in the workplace. This study is aimed at determining job stress variables that affect employee performance. It also determines the relationship between job stress and employee performance. To achieve this objective, the study was conducted to the employees of different cooperatives inside Kathmandu valley of comprising of 160 respondents. The study employed the descriptive research design using the survey questionnaires as its instruments. Mailed questionnaires were sent to 160 respondents, questionnaires were retrieved and analyzed. Highlights of the findings indicated that, there is significant relationship between job stress and employee performance. When analyzed the independent variables individually using regression analysis, results revealed that independent variable work overload significantly correlates to employee performance with p-values 0.000 (p=0.000<0.05) and role ambiguity, underutilization of skill, work environment and recognition did not have any significant influence on the employee performance in the Nepalese cooperative sector. Based on these findings, it can be recommended that the company should put consideration on developing the skills of the employees and tapping their potentials. Emphasis should be dealt on minimizing work overloads for employees because this also affects employee performance. Cases of too much works can affect negatively on the employees’ performance because this will not only cause stress but would likely result to poor performance. Key words Stress, psychological, strain, pressure, determines, comprising, retrieved, influence, tapping.