ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS ON THE WORKPLACE: ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES AND ORGANIZATIONS

TEONA MAISURADZE

Assistant professor,

Georgian National University,

Tbilisi, Georgia

Email: teo.maisuradze3@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-5736

Abstract

The workplace has never been as stressful as it is today. It has different and uncommon challenges nowadays. First of all, with the passage of time, knowledge becomes obsolete faster, constant improvement of skills and continuous professional growth becomes necessary. The spread of COVID19 worldwide in 2020 has made organizational stress issue more pressing. Rising unemployment rate and job shedding have led to a sharp rise in stress levels among employed people. The nature of most of the work has changed, with some moving to a remote and part to a hybrid work model. It is not new that high level of organizational stress is directly related to productivity.  When the stress level is high, the risk of making mistakes increases, the level of innovation is low, job satisfaction decreases, a problem of communication and dissemination of correct information occurs, which finds its reflection in increased in turnover, absences, etc. These events significantly reduce a person's ability to work, labor productivity decreases; therefore, it is not possible to fully utilize the potential of the organization.