The Impact of Occupational Stress on Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Nurses in Kampala District of Makindye Division, Uganda

Odoi Abner

The College of Humanities and Management Sciences, Kampala International University, Uganda

ABSTRACT

This study examines the impact of occupational stress on employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment among nurses in Kampala District of Makindye Division, Uganda. According to the findings, respondents acknowledged the existence of occupational stress across all professions, with nursing appearing to be particularly stressful. On the stress rating scale, which compares work pressures, nursing received one of the highest scores among service occupations. Organizational commitment is characterized by a number of desirable outcomes, such as a strong belief in and acceptance of the organization’s goals and values, a willingness to work hard for the organization, and a desire to maintain membership.  The study recommended such as the introduction of recreation centers. This includes setting up leisure activities like putting in place pool tables, television; swimming pools soft music. This reduces job stress as employees are relaxed.  Furthermore, reinforcement of employees such as giving them rewards, promotion and praises. This motivates the employees and this will make the employees work hard so as to be promoted hence good service delivery. In addition, the implementation of giving working wages also can contribute to the wiping away of the job stress. Here the workers can go home when happy if they are given wages as a thanks giving to what they have done for the organization or the company. This can include day to day allowances given to workers; healthy insurances offered to them also can contribute to stress cut off from the company workers; lastly are the holiday brake packages grated to workers after a tiresome service delivered in the organization.  

Keywords: Impact, Occupational stress, Employees’ job satisfaction, Organizational commitment, Nurses.

CITE AS: Odoi Abner (2024). The Impact of Occupational Stress on Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Nurses in Kampala District of Makindye Division, Uganda. RESEARCH INVENTION JOURNAL OF LAW, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES 3(1):30-36.