An Examination of the Effect of Strategic Stress Management on Work Performance: A Case Study of the Parastatal Pension Fund.

Matalisi, Florence F. (2022) An Examination of the Effect of Strategic Stress Management on Work Performance: A Case Study of the Parastatal Pension Fund. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study examined the effect of strategic stress management initiatives on employees’ work performance using the Parastatal Pension Fund (PPF) as a case study. The specific objectives were to determine the effect of stress management strategies implemented by PPF on employees’ work performance and to ascertain the factors contributing to or hindering the success through stress management strategies implemented by PPF. The study adopted a case study design. It used stratified and purposive sampling procedures to select 150 respondents included in the study. Questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and literature review methods were used for data collection. The findings of the study show that stress management strategies implemented by PPF have had positive effects on employees’ work performance. These findings highlight a strong relationship between stress management strategies implemented at workplaces and employee work performance. The study further shows that the implementation of strategic stress management initiatives at PPF have contributed to corporate effectiveness by enabling the organization to achieve its key performance targets such as reduction in staff turnover, increased quality and quantity of services, reduction in health care cost of staff, increasing staff performance and morale. The study recommends for the organization to continuously conduct surveys on stress levels to determine the effectiveness of current strategies and craft and implement better ones. Keywords: Stress management, work performance, Strategic Stress Management

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