A STUDY ON ROLE OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS ON EMPLOYEES PRODUCTIVITY

ABSTRACT The goal of the study was to investigate the impact of stress on productivity of employees at the Pothys boutique, a textile showroom. According to dean, stress related illness have been a leading cause for low productivity levels in the work place. Immense pressure at work has led to stress which makes it the number one factor that has lead to illness and dissatisfaction towards the organisation. For this study Descriptive study was utilized, as the main goal was to find the impact of stress on productivity in the organisation was concerned. Thus the study helped to elucidate descriptive information on the impact of stress on employees at the Pothys boutique, and gave specific details about the phenomena in question. Research was conducted within the frame work of the survey .The sampling used for this study is stratified random sampling. The respondents in this study were the 80 employees at the Pothys boutique who were employed during the period of the study. Questionnaires were designed and distributed to all the sections at the Pothys boutique. From the results obtained it was evident that there were many stress factors that the employees at Pothys boutique endured, and the enquiry proved that the impact of stress affected productivity negatively .The fact that the majority of the employees thought that the organisation did not care about them was a reflection of huge dissatisfaction that undoubtedly lowered productivity