Abstract:
Stress is caused due to pressure or limitations in work which could lead to professional exhaustion. Job stress has affected the health of human being who worked, especially in construction oriented organizations. This paper evaluated the impact of job stress during planning and execution phases of Project Life Cycle (PLC) on job performance and employee turnover. Path model was used to evaluate the impact of job stress on job performance and employee retention. Regression test was used to fulfil the hypothesis. This research work concluded that there was a moderate stress at planning level and high stress at execution phase of PLC. Thus, stress at execution stage posed significant effect on employee turnover and also on work performance during execution phase of the project. Outcome of present study is going to be very helpful at all levels of project management with regards to detection of stress and also carry suitable actions to overcome the matter with peculiar circumstances.
