Job stress and productivity increase.
This paper examines mental and physical pressures that workers bear at work. The authors discuss how on the-job stress affects a person's capabilities and productivity, and how such pressures lend to higher incidences of accidents at work. The paper also discuss methods of reducing job-related stress and increasing productivity. An intervention was conducted amongst workers in a private firm. It shows mental and emotional pressure can affect performance and productivity of a worker on the job. One of the biggest influences of today's worker is on the-job stress. Job stress occurs when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker. This consequently affects how a person would normally deal with customer service problems, grievances, violence, conflict, and decisions on the job. Stress is an inevitable part of everyday life, and is therefore a distinct part of a person's job. To properly control the outcome of stress, there are certain precautions and methods that should be taken that will boost productivity.
Department of Human Factors/Ergonomics, Vine Tribometric Consultant, Nigeria, West Africa. vinetribo@yahoo.com
Samson Sunday
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Adaramola
D004526:Efficiency; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology