Is stress management related to workforce productivity?

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between stressmanagement and workforce productivity of Amol Industrial Park located inMazandaran Province. The total population size in the research was 250 from topmanagers, middle managers and supervisors responsible in the before-mentionedIndustrial Park and the sample size was determined through Morgan samplepopulation volume table (n=150). For data collection, Background Informationquestionnaire, Stress Management and Workforce Productivity questionnaires wereused. As for analyzing the data gained after collecting the questionnaires;Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Pearson Correlation Test, OneSample T Test, Independent Samples Test and Regression Tests were used forhypothesis testing.The results from analyzing the Sub Hypotheses of the research demonstrated thatthere was a positive and significant correlation between respectful and responsiblemanagers (P=0.005), Managing and communicating existing and future work(P=0.002), Managing the individual within the team (P=0.01), Reasoning/managingdifficult situations, (P=0.004) and workforce productivity in this research. As foranalyzing the Main Hypotheses of the research, the results demonstrated that therewas a positive and significant correlation between stress management and workforceproductivity in this research. The results also demonstrated that there was nosignificant difference between the opinions of male and female managers about thelevel of workforce productivity and stress management being put in practice in thebefore-mentioned Industrial Park. And finally the results indicate that the level ofworkforce productivity and stress management being put in practice in the beforementionedIndustrial Park is not under the influence of any of Individualcharacteristics of managers (e.g. Age, Education Level, Job Title, EmploymentBackground and Employment Status).