Job Stress and Employee Performance in Nepalese Financial Institutions

This study aims to examine the impact of job stress in terms of personal factors, job-related factors, and organizational factors in their level of performance. This research work involved assistant, officer, and managerial level employees of financial institutions (including commercial banks, development banks, insurance companies, and finance companies). In this research work, 535 questionnaires are distributed online and personally out of which 455 questionnaires are received which are used for completion of the study. The result shows significant negative correlation between the high levels of job stress due to individual, work-related, and organizational factors and employee performance of financial institutions in Nepal. It also shows a significant negative impact of high levels of job stress on employee level of performance in the financial institutions of Nepal. It is also indicated that suitable measures should be taken by the management to minimize the level of job stress among the employees due to personal factors, job-related factors, and organizational factors which would contribute to improving the performance level of the employees.