Job stress is increasingly becoming an
epidemic in the work environment. Female
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Nursing staff is constantly
encountering trouble, crisis and conflict in the work
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environment prevailing in the public
sector hospitals that require them to cope with.
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The central theme of this research
study is focused on digging out the fundamental
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causes of job stress of female nurses.
Further, how job stress affects their job
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performance and job satisfaction. The
study generated quantitative data which will
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open doors for further research in
this area. This research study adopts quantitative
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approach using questionnaire methods.
Several procedures were applied to carry out
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rigorous quantitative analysis. Organizations can help reduce the overall
effects of
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job stress by developing and
implementing prevention and intervention methods to
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help employees manage and cope with
job stress. To reduce job stress of
female
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nurses, this study suggests several
measures along with employee’s assistance
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programe (EAP). This programme is
focused on the employee’s total mental and
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physical condition. It was found that
public sector hospitals are factories to
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manufacture stress. Female nurses
experience more stress than male counterpart in the
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public sector hospitals. The findings
of this paper revealed that job stress has negative
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co relation with job performance and
job satisfaction.
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