The impact of stress on the work performance of postgraduate working students at University of Education Winneba, Kumasi campus

Bah, B.A

dc.contributor.author	Bah, B.A
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-24T09:43:28Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-24T09:43:28Z
dc.date.issued	2017-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/4005
dc.description	The study examined the impact of stress on postgraduate working students at University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus.University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus was chosen for the study because it was established during the literature review that not much of similar studies have been conducted at public universities globally. It was therefore imperative that the views of university working students be sampled to know and to fill in the gap as to whether their work performance is affected by stress and its signs from their various work places. The outcome of the study was intended to add to scholarly knowledge and improve HRM practices on the clear and distinct purpose of checking the cause and signs of stress and it impact on work performance. A descriptive research methodology was adopted for this study and a survey used to administer questionnaire to selected working students of University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus. In all, a total of seventy one (71) respondents made up of 58 Senior Staff, 13 Junior Staff were sampled for the study. Findings from the study revealed that work over load is the great cause of stress with 98.6% which is the highest of all the causes of stress according to the survey that was conducted. Also the study shows that 84.5% of employees are de-motivated and have reduced productivity as an impact of job-related stress. The percentage of respondents with the tendency to quit is 39.4% which implies that employees are less likely to quit their jobs when they have work-related stress.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	A Dissertation in the Department of Management Studies Education, Faculty of Business Education, submitted to the School of Graduates Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the Master of Business Administration (Human Resource and Organisational Behaviour) degree.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Education, Winneba.	en_US
dc.subject	Work performance	en_US
dc.subject	Working students	en_US
dc.subject	Performance of postgraduate	en_US
dc.title	The impact of stress on the work performance of postgraduate working students at University of Education Winneba, Kumasi campus	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US