The study aims to determine the relationship between the job stress and the task
performance of employees in the university hospitals, and determine the appropriate
strategies to reduce the job stress. The study was applied on a sample of 181 worke
rs in
Higher Education hospitals (Al-Assad University Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hospital) in Damascus city.
Data were collected through using a questionnaire to measure the stress job and the
task performance for the employees in the sample of the study. Analysis (Importance-
Performance) was used to answer the questions of the study.
The study gives us the following results:
1. The factors (such as gender, type of work, the nature of work, age, number of
years of experience and educational qualification) have a big effect at the stress job for the
workers in the university hospitals.
2. Marital status (single or married) of the Researched workers does not have any
effect at the stress job for the workers in the university hospitals.
3. There is a positive correlation between the level of the task performance of the
worker and the level of the stress job that caused by the following factors (Command and
Control, Influence on Decisions and Clarity of the Role).
4. There is a negative correlation between the level of the task performance of the
worker and the level of the stress job that caused by the following factors (role conflict,
requirements and workload).
5. Enable of the subordinates to participate on the meetings that related to
developing the job, as well as involving them in decisions that effect on their work and
tasks.
