Effect of Job Stress on Job Performance among Speech-Language Pathologists in Pakistan

Abstract

Background: Job stress is now a widely used term use by speech-language pathologists. Workplace workload stress, high levels of time pressure, poor salaries, and the effect on mental health on job performance appear to be the main causes of low productivity in any work context. To combat stress, employees require a certain level of motivation as well as job stress management solutions. Objective: To find the effect of job stress and on Speech-Language Pathologists’ job performance in Pakistan. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study. Sampling technique used for this study was random. It was conducted through social media platforms or online survey. Duration of the study was six months from August 2021 to January 2022, after the approval of IRB. Sample size was 120 that was taken on the basis of (http://www.pslpa.org). SLPs included in this study had experience more than 1 year in Overall Pakistan. Data was collected through structured questionnaire. After the completion of data, all the responses were recorded and frequencies of each question were calculated through statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) to evaluate final results of research. Results: According to the findings of the study, both males and females were feeling job stress at work. Age, profession, job title, and regular salary all have considerable differences. Workload stress, Job Security stress, Shift work stress, and job performance stress were the 4 components analyzed by the researcher. And these variables indicate distinct levels of occupational stress in SLPs (Severe, Moderate, and Mild). Workload stress accounted for the highest percentage of severe to moderate stress, at 28.78%. Job security stress had mild percentage, indicating that SLPs experienced less stress as a result of job security (27.12 %). Shift work had a high level of stress, which had a negative impact on their job performance (25.12 %). And SLPs experienced a higher level of job performance stress in their work settings, which was 28%. These variables are strongly integrated and had a higher effect on SLPs Job Performance. Conclusion: After analyzing the data using SPSS, it was concluded that Workload had an effect on SLPs job performance in more significant way, shift work and Job performance stress had a higher percentage of job stress in SLPs which affect their Job performance. Only Job security shows the mild job stress in SLPs. Key words: Job Security, Job Performance, Speech-Language Pathologist, Workload, Shift Work, Occupational Stress