THE IMPACT OF JOB RELATED STRESS ON EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION

Abstract

Employee satisfaction and performance are two key elements of any internal or external factors that affect the productivity of the organization. Stress is one of the factors that has the power to increase or decrease the level of job satisfaction and employee performance. A study was conducted to observe the relationship between stress and satisfaction and to measure the extensive impact of stress on satisfaction and performance. This study was done based on quantitative method. The sample population of this study consisted of workers from different industries in private organizations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A total of 116 participants were involved in this study. Data collection was done using survey questionnaire.  The results of this study have shown that the effect of stress on job satisfaction and the productivity of workers is important. Results have shown that stress can raise or lower the level of job satisfaction. Key findings of this work have shown that there is a relationship between work-related stress and employee satisfaction.

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