Impact of stress on organizational productivity

What is Job Stress?

 

According to Beehr and Newman (1978), job stress is characterized as a form of physical harassment that arises from an employee's obligations, resources, and skills. This is because the nature of work is constantly changing. The physical strength of the individual is mostly linked to job stress, which increases the likelihood of mistakes, subpar work output, mental health problems, burnout, and finally, conflict at work. 

 

Impact of stress on organizational productivity

Workplace stress has a direct impact on employees' health and productivity levels within the company. In fact, there is a correlation between stressful work environments and higher rates of tardiness, absenteeism, and employee intentions to quit. It could be very expensive for the company to hire new employees in this kind of situation. They should require training and development on the job roles following recruiting. The production of the organization will be affected by this technique, which should receive additional funding. There is a functioning gap between the novice and the training participant as well. This also has an impact on the organization's productivity. The company's reputation in the trade sector will be destroyed. The organization's workforce is unwilling to work there. . Employees are not willing to work in the organization. By considering those things organization should be able to mitigate the working stress (Lamothe, 2019).

Organizations suffer from increase the rates of turnover, disengagement, and absenteeism if workplace stress is not managed. It is critical for human resources personnel to comprehend the impact of job stress on employee performance. so that they can recognize and assist the team members who are having difficulty

Tips for managing Workplace stress

According to Eys (2022), HR can help employees to cope & manage stress by

• Assessing and enhancing existing benefits
• Creating a psychologically safe workplace
• Implementing a Holistic employee mental health programs
• Ensuring that the workload is in line with worker’s capability
• Managing the available resources
• Building a good communication & relationship between workers and the management
• Clearly defining worker’s role and responsibilities
• Providing opportunity for social interaction
• Giving worker’s opportunity to participate in decision and actions affecting their job

Smart Techniques For Employee Stress Management

Stress management is critical for employees in HRM because it can help to improve communication, increase productivity, and reduce costs. Several techniques can be used to manage stress in the workplace. These include:

• Improving communication: This can be done by ensuring that employees have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities. This can be achieved through regular meetings and clear job descriptions.
• Increasing productivity: It is done by setting realistic goals and expectations and providing employees with the resources they need to meet these targets.
• Reducing costs: By removing unnecessary stress we can reduce the cost in the organization. This might include things like unrealistic deadlines, excessive workloads, or poor working conditions.

To improve communication, increase productivity and reduce costs are among reasons why stress management is important for HRM employees. Few techniques can be used to control workplace stress. These include

• Improve Communication: Ensuring that workers understand their roles and responsibilities through regular meetings and clear job definitions.

• Increase Productivity: It is achieved by setting targets and making resources available to employees to enable them meet these objectives.

• Reduce Cost: We can reduce cost in the organization by taking away undue stress. Unrealistic deadlines, excessive workload or poor working conditions may be some of these costs.

 

Conclusion

Working stress is high dangerous fact which can affect to the whole organization and therefore HR should pay more attention on mitigating the worker stress at the organizations.

 

 

References

Edureka. (2022) Stress management techniques: Tips and strategies. Edureka. [Online] Available at: https://www.edureka.co/blog/stress-management/ .Accessed: 7^th  August 2024.

Newam,J.E. and Beehr, T. A. (1978)” Job stress, employee health, and organizational effectiveness”: A facet analysis, model, and literature review 1. Personnel psychology, 31(4), pp.665-699.   

Eys, P. V. (2022)  “HR’s Guide to the Effect of Job Stress on Employee Performance”. Pathway [Online]. Available at: https://www.pathways.com/pathways-at-work/blog/job-stress-and-employee-performance#:~:text=Job%20stress%20makes%20employees%20more,turnover%2C%20disengagement%2C%20and%20absenteeism .Accessed: 7^th  August 2024.

 

Lamothe, C. (2019) How to Keep Work Stress from Taking Over Your Life. Healthline [Online]. Available at: https://www.healthline.com/health/work-stress#recognize-it .Accessed: 7^th  August 2024.