The Influence of Job Demand on The Performance of Employees At Lake Basin Development Authority

In today's high-tech, fast-paced world, the workplace is very different than it was a generation ago. As a result, the number of office workers facing workplace stress has increased. Stress is a negative mental and physical phenomenon that occurs in people because they cannot cope with their needs. Workers globally encounter stress as a prominent challenge in the workstations. This study aimed to determine the influence of job demand on the performance of employees at Lake Basin Development Authority. LBDA is located on Kisumu-Kakamega Highway, Lake Basin Shopping Centre, Kisumu County. The study was conducted from September 2023 to April 2024. The importance of this study was to provide information that can help organizations manage stressed technical issues affecting employees at work. By identifying specific stressors for the Lake Basin Development Authority, this research will inform the development of intervention plans that can promote employee health, job satisfaction, and organizational benefits. These studies sought to fill the gaps in the existing literature on occupational stress by providing insight into specific stressors affecting employees in organizations. This study was anchored on Karasek's job demand theory, conservation of resources theory, effort-reward theory, and the transactional theory of stress and coping. This research used a descriptive research design. The target of this study was 600 employees selected from all LBDA departments. The study's sample size was calculated using the Slovene's formula, resulting in a sample size of 240 respondents. Questionnaires were used as research tools to gather important information. They consisted of closed and open-ended questions to provide qualitative and quantitative information. SPSS was used to analyze data to determine the nature of the relationship between dependent and independent variables. The study concluded that job demand significantly influences employee performance at LBDA.