The effect of sleep quality on the Psychological wellbeing and work performance of Employees
Abstract
The study aimed at studying the relationship between sleep quality, psychological
wellbeing and work performance of employees to establish the relationship between sleep quality,
psychological wellbeing and work performance among employees. The study adopted a
correlation study design. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 87
respondents from the population. Data was collected from respondents using a self –administered
questionnaire and through Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) data was analyzed.
Descriptive statistics showed that majority were female 54% and were followed by males with
46% of the total population, majority were between 20-29 years,56%. Results from correlation
further indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between sleep quality and
psychological wellbeing, psychological wellbeing and work performance were significantly
related and there is a significant relationship between sleep quality and work performance Thus,
the findings of this study provide several recommendations to administrators and managers of the
several organizations, private entities in designing policies and procedures that will be used as
motivational guidelines for positive wellbeing and high employee performance. Since positive and
happy people have better physical and mental outcomes and behavior and are resilient in the face
of hardship.