Impact of Work Stress on Employee Productivity: A study with Reference to LIC of India in Dakshina Kannada District

Employee productivity is very essential for the growth and success of the life insurance company in today’s global competitive environment. Improving employee productivity has been one of the most important objectives of life insurance sector. This is because increased levels of employee productivity provide an organisation and its employees with various benefits. Therefore, this part of the study will measure the productivity of employees working in the life insurance sector. The paramount objectives of this study are to investigate the impact of work stress on the perceived level of productivity of employees working in the life insurance company of India. Work stress is a universal factor and employees from nearly every walk of life have to face stress. Employers today critically analysed the stress management issues that contribute to reduce job performance and productivity of employees ultimately affecting organisational goals and objectives. The Performance of an employee in the workplace is a point of success for all the organisations, irrespective of all the factors and conditions. Consequently, the employees are considered to be very precious asset for their organisation.

Work Stress, Productivity, Life Insurance, organization and job performance

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