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 changes in the work output of that individual. The research design was predictive in character, in that an equation was derived, through the application of which, organizational management may predict changes in work output levels by individuals, on the basis of the weighted levels of stress experienced by those individuals.
Regression analysis applied to the prepared data provided the answer to research question number one. The resulting
a1predictive equation established both the relationship and the nature of the relationship between changes in the weighted level of stress experienced by an individual and changes in the work productivity of that individual. The results of the regression analysis were as follows:
PO change = 0.32444 0.07430(LCU change).
Correlation coefficient: r = 0.781054. The predictive equation indicates that an inverse relationship exists between the change in the level of experienced stres...