Abstract:
Health Sector Workers may be exposed to considerable stress of work. High levels of
stress in Health Sector affect the quality of nursing and the quality of life at work.
Determination of occupational stress levels, counter-productive behaviors, syndrome
and overall job satisfaction among health sector workers. The research was conducted
in Seven Health Sectors in winneba, Effutu Municipality. Data was collected using a
structured questionnaire, (which was closed-ended questions with Likert scale), from
100 respondent. The research was conducted at Health Sectors in Winneba the Central
Region of Ghana. This study found that, although some of the respondents who
answered the questionnaire stated that their occupation are very stressful and most
people engage in counter-productive behaviors which have an impact of the job
satisfaction, other respondents were of the view that counter-productive work
behavior does not lead to the job satisfaction. The purpose of the study aimed to
examine the impact of occupational stress at the hospitals, assess the Counter Productive Work Behaviors at the hospitals, and examine Mediating Role of Job
Satisfaction. The data was processed using (SPSS version 23). Both inferential
statistics (regression) and descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) were
used to address objectives in the study. The study showed that, there is a high level of
occupational stress. The study therefore, recommended that the Health Sectors should
occasionally hold dialogues with the workers to discuss issues and provide support to
them.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Management Sciences,
School of Business, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of
Business Administration
(Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior)
in the University of Education, Winneba
