JOB STRESS AND SAFETY WORKING CONDITIONS: EFFECTS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY

ABSTRACT

The steady rising demands on employees in corporate environments nowadays have dramatically created an attendant work stress on these employees. This study explores the effects of job stress and working conditional safety on organizational productivity and profitability. The researcher makes a special reference to a printing company. The descriptive research design type was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprises of all the staff in the Printing company, and Stratified Sampling Technique was used to select two hundred (200) participants. Data collected were analyzed using frequency, descriptive and Pearson Correlation and the test of hypotheses indicates that there is a significant relationship between job stress and organizational productivity; also there is a significant relationship between work safety and organizational productivity. It was therefore, recommended that, machines should be used to load and off load trucks in order to eliminate hazards that risk the health of loaders; hazards should be controlled at the source in order to avoid infecting workers; also psychological disorders should be reduced by avoiding giving challenging jobs that provide learning opportunity or career options to packers and mixers; regular medical checkups so as to determine workers state of health should be done.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page                                                           

Abstract

Table of contents

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study

Statement of the Problem

Objectives of the Study

Research Questions

Statement of Research Hypotheses

Scope of the Study

Significance of the Study

Organization of the Study

Definition of Terms

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW 

2.1Preamble

2.2Conceptual Review

2.2.1Concept of Stress

2.2.2Concept of Occupational Health and Safety

2.2.3The Effect of Job Stress

2.2.4Occupational Health and Safety Practices

2.2.5Impact of Job Stress on Organizational Productivity

2.2.6Occupational Health and Safety Practices

2.3Theoretical Framework of the Study

2.3.1Theories of Job Stress

2.3.2Theories of Workplace Safety

2.4Empirical Review

2.5Conceptual framework

CHAPTER THREE

METHODOLOGY

3.2Population

3.2Sample

3.3Sampling Technique

3.4Research Design

3.5  Data Collection Instruments

3.5  Reliability and Validity Indices of Scales

3.6  Data Collection Procedure

3.6Data Analysis

DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

4.1Introduction

4.2Presentation of Data

4.3Data Presentation and Analysis According to 

Research Question

4.4Hypotheses Testing

4.5Discussion of Findings

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

5.1Summary of Findings

5.2Conclusion

5.3Recommendations

5.4Suggestion for Further Research

References

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