Stress, job insecurity and productivity

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the relationship between stress, job insecurity and productivity. It was conducted at China Uganda Friendship Hospital with medical employees as the research respondents. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of respondents from the population. Data was collected from respondents using self-administered standard questionnaire and through Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), data was entered and analyzed. Descriptive statistics showed that 57.7% of the respondents were female and 42.3% were male, majority were 20-30 years (38.5%), bachelor's degree holders appeared highest (32.7%), and majority of respondents were married (65.4%). Results from Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient (r) further indicated that there is a significant relationship between stress and job insecurity, (r=.335, p=.015), there is no significant relationship between job insecurity and productivity (r=.085,p=.551), and there is no significant relationship between stress and productivity (r=.138, p =.328).The findings of the study provided several recommendations to employers, employees and academicians in designing policies and procedures that would determine outcomes of their staff such as reduced stress and improving job security.