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dc.contributor.authorNabirye, Gillian
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-19T12:06:06Z
dc.date.available2019-12-19T12:06:06Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/7850
dc.descriptionA dissertation Submitted to the School of Psychology in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of Bachelor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology of Makerere Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study aimed at examining relationships between variables of occupational stress, locus of control and job performance among employees of Jinja Secondary School Uganda. The study sought to examine the hypotheses below; the relationship between occupational stress and locus of control, the relationship between locus of control and job performance and relationship between occupational stress and job performance. The objectives of the study were to examine whether occupational stress and locus of control are significantly related, to examine whether locus of control and job performance are significantly related and to examine whether occupational stress and job performance are significantly related. The study adopted correlation research design because it is a specific type of non-experimental design used to describe the relationship between or among variables. The correlation research design was used to measure relationship between occupational stress, locus of control and job performance among employees. Data was presented into statistical information using Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) to establish whether the variables were correlated. So the researcher observed and concluded that it is important to note that there was a significant relationship between occupational stress and locus of control, the study revealed that there was a negative relationship between locus of control and job performance and finally the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between occupational stress and job performance among employees of Jinja Secondary School Uganda. The study recommended that organizations should institute employee assistance programs, anti-stress work groups, stress management trainings to help employees cope with stressful situations, and managers on how to help employees cope with occupational stress, which will in turn improve their performance.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectJinjaen_US
dc.subjectOccupationalen_US
dc.subjectLocusen_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.titleOccupational stress, locus of control and job performance among employees of Jinja senior secondary schoolen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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