This study investigated the relationship between the weighted level of stress experienced by an individual and changes in individual work performance. Specifically, the research performed for this study addressed the following research questions: 1. Is there a relationship between the weighted level of stress experienced by an individual and changes in the work productivity of that individual, and, if so, what is the nature of the relationship?
2. Can a valid and reliable methodological procedure be developed which will permit organizational management to predict individual changes in work performance on the basis of the weighted level of stress being experienced by an individual, and, if so, what is this procedure?
The research design for this study was both predictive and methodological in character. It was methodological in character, in that a method was developed, by which the relationship between weighted stress levels experienced by an individual may be quantitatively related to chan
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