EFFECTS OF JOB STRESS ON PERFORMANCE OF ACCADAMICIANS WORKING IN PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITIES OF PUNJAB

Abstract

This study examines the effects of job stress on performance of academician working in
public sector universities of Punjab. Through reviewing an extendable literature on different
indicators of job stress were accorded. Quantitative descriptive research method was
approached and survey method was used to collect data from academic heads, academia and
students who were enrolled in different departments. Three different inventories as tool of
data collection were prepared on the basis of different indicators of job stress. Uni-variate and
multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the data. It was concluded that multiple
indicators interlink with each other affect job performance of academia and their heads,
students good and bad performance also depends on academia stress. Many of these
indicators have diverse effect on job performance but slight variations of stress are prevailed
among old, permanent and aged academia as compare to new, non permanent and young
academia. It was also suggested that university must assess the level of stress among
academia and minimize the frustration and disappointment level among academia to cope
prevailing situation of stress.